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From: Does mental fatigue affect performance in racket sports? A systematic review

Study

Population characteristics

Intervention

Outcomes

Manipulation

Duration

Markers

Type of Sports

Performance Domain

Performance outcomes

Mansec et al., 2018

22 elites

Sex: 22 ♂

Age: 26.9 ± 8.9 y

EG: AX-CPT

CG: Watching movie

90 min

SE: F-VAS↑

PBM: RPE↑

Table tennis

Skill:

Stroke

Ball speed↓; Accuracy↔

Faults↑; Total Score↓

Van Cutsem et al., 2019

11 experienced

Sex: 5 ♂; 6 ♀

Age: 25 ± 4 y

EG: Stroop task

CG: Documentary

90 min

SE: F-VAS↑;

NASA-TLX: MD↑; PD↑;TD↑;

Effort↑; Frustration↑;

PBM: I-MO↔;S-MO↔

PM: HR↔;BG↔

Badminton

Perceptual-cognitive:

Cognitive;

Visuomotor

Flanker task

Response time↑

Accuracy↔

Visuomotor task

Response time↑

Kosack et al., 2020

19 elite

Sex: 19 ♂

Age: 20 ± 2.8 y

EG: Stroop task

CG: Documentary

60 min

SE: F-VAS↑;

PBM: MO↔; Focus↔; RPE↔;

PM: HR↔; BL↔

Badminton

Perceptual-cognitive:

Physical;

Specific skill

Countermovement jump height↔

Badminton-Specific duration↔

Habay et al., 2021

11 experienced

Sex: 7♂; 4♀

Age: 24 ± 2 y

EG: Stroop task

CG: Documentary

60 min

SE: F-VAS↑;

NASA-TLX: Frustration↑

PBM: I-MO↓; S-MO↔; PRE↑

PM: HR↔

EEG upper α band↓;θ band↓;

Table tennis

Perceptual-cognitive:

Cognitive;

Visuomotor

Flanker task

Response time↔;

Accuracy↔;

Visuomotor task;

Reaction time↑;

Díaz-García et al., 2023

61 amateurs

Age: 28.71 ± 7.68 y

EG: Stroop task

CG: Control condition

30 min

SE: F-VAS↑;

PM: Saccade latencies↓

Padel

Perceptual-cognitive:

Cognitive;

Psychomotor vigilance task

Reaction time↑

Filipas et al., 2023

10 professionals

Sex: 10♂

Age: 18 ± 4 y

EG: Stroop task

CG: Cognitive task

30 min

SE: F-VAS↑;

Tennis

Skill:

Serve

First serve accuracy↔;

Second serve accuracy↓;

First serve speed↔;

Second serve speed↔

  1. y: Years; ♂: Males; ♀: Females; ↑: Significant higher; ↓: Significant lower; ↔: No significant difference; EG: Experimental Group; CG: Control Group; AX-CPT: AX-Continuous Performance Test; mins: Minutes; SE: Subjective Evaluation; PBM: Psychobiological Markers; PM: Physiological Markers; F-VAS: Fatigue Visual Analogy Scale; NASA-TLX: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Task Load Index; HR: Heart Rate BG: Blood Glucose; BL: Blood Lactate; EEG: Electroencephalography; I-MO: Intrinsic Motivation; S-MO: Success Motivation; MD: Mental Demand; PD: Physical Demand; TD: Temporal Demand; NA: Not Applicable