Background An emerging body of the literature in the past two decades has generally shown
that prior cognitive exertion is associated with a subsequent decline in physical …

Background Mental fatigue (MF) is a psychobiological state that impairs endurance
performance in healthy athletes. Recently, multiple studies indicated that MF could also …

Mental load and fatigue are important causes of performance decreases and accidents in
different activities. However, a robust systematic review, detailing the instruments used to …

Mental fatigue (MF) is a psycho-biological state that impairs sports-related performances.
Recently, it has been proved that MF can affect basketball performance. However, a …

The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of mental fatigue on physical activity,
technical and decision-making performance during small-sided games. Nine sub-elite …

Padel is a racket sport that has been gaining great popularity and scientific interest in recent
years. It could be considered to be a high-intensity intermittent sport with valuable …

The consensus of opinion, with regard to the effect of cognitive fatigue on subsequent
physical performance, is that there is a small, negative effect, but there is no consensus …

Objective: To identify the prevalence of hormonal contraceptive (HC) use, menstrual cycle
disturbances, and self-perceived physical and emotional symptoms related to the menstrual …

The ego-depletion effect refers to a temporary failure of self-control exertion after first
performing an effortful task. This phenomenon has experienced a replication crisis in the …

The effects of mental fatigue on both cognitive and physical performance are well described
in the literature, but the recovery aspects of mental fatigue have been less investigated. The …