Agger picked up another injury
during the club's pre-season
preparations, which have only added to the
frustrations of a player whose stock at Anfield has continued to dwindle since his arrival from Brondby.
We examined changes in ANS and HPA axis measures
during three tasks: two social stressors [the Trier Social Stress Test (TSST), which includes
preparation, speech, and math portions; and a peer evaluation task], and one nonsocial stressor (a
frustration task).