Counteracting mental fatigue for athletes: a systematic review of the interventions
The deleterious effects of mental fatigue (MF) on athletes have been carefully studied in various sports, such as soccer, badminton, and swimming. Even though many researchers have sought ways to ameliorate the negative impact of MF, there is still a lack of studies that review the interventions use...
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| description | The deleterious effects of mental fatigue (MF) on athletes have been carefully studied in various sports, such as soccer, badminton, and swimming. Even though many researchers have sought ways to ameliorate the negative impact of MF, there is still a lack of studies that review the interventions used to counteract MF among athletes. This review aims to report the current evidence exploring the effects of interventions on MF and sport-specific performance, including sport-specific motor performance and perceptual-cognitive skills. Web of Science, Scopus, PubMed, and SPORTDicus (EBSCOhost) were combed through to find relevant publications. Additionally, the references and Google Scholar were searched for any grey literature. For the current review, we included only randomized controlled trials that involved athletes, a primary task to induce MF, interventions to counter MF with comparable protocols, and the outcomes of sport-specific motor performance and perceptual-cognitive skill. The selection criteria resulted in the inclusion of 10 articles. The manipulations of autonomous self-control exertion, person-fit, nature exposure, mindfulness, and transactional direct current stimulation showed that positive interventions counteract MF and improve sport-specific performance in different domains, including strength, speed, skill, stamina, and perceptual-cognitive skills. The selected interventions could significantly counteract MF and improve subsequent sport-specific performance. Moreover, self-regulation and attention resources showed the importance of the potential mechanisms behind the relevant interventions. |
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| spelling | upm-1061362024-10-08T08:14:10Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/106136/ Counteracting mental fatigue for athletes: a systematic review of the interventions Sun, He Soh, Kim Geok Mohammadi, Alireza Toumi, Zakaria Zhang, Lingling Ding, Cong Gao, Xiaojuan Tian, Jian The deleterious effects of mental fatigue (MF) on athletes have been carefully studied in various sports, such as soccer, badminton, and swimming. Even though many researchers have sought ways to ameliorate the negative impact of MF, there is still a lack of studies that review the interventions used to counteract MF among athletes. This review aims to report the current evidence exploring the effects of interventions on MF and sport-specific performance, including sport-specific motor performance and perceptual-cognitive skills. Web of Science, Scopus, PubMed, and SPORTDicus (EBSCOhost) were combed through to find relevant publications. Additionally, the references and Google Scholar were searched for any grey literature. For the current review, we included only randomized controlled trials that involved athletes, a primary task to induce MF, interventions to counter MF with comparable protocols, and the outcomes of sport-specific motor performance and perceptual-cognitive skill. The selection criteria resulted in the inclusion of 10 articles. The manipulations of autonomous self-control exertion, person-fit, nature exposure, mindfulness, and transactional direct current stimulation showed that positive interventions counteract MF and improve sport-specific performance in different domains, including strength, speed, skill, stamina, and perceptual-cognitive skills. The selected interventions could significantly counteract MF and improve subsequent sport-specific performance. Moreover, self-regulation and attention resources showed the importance of the potential mechanisms behind the relevant interventions. BioMed Central 2024-02-09 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/106136/1/s40359-023-01476-w.pdf Sun, He and Soh, Kim Geok and Mohammadi, Alireza and Toumi, Zakaria and Zhang, Lingling and Ding, Cong and Gao, Xiaojuan and Tian, Jian (2024) Counteracting mental fatigue for athletes: a systematic review of the interventions. BMC Psychology, 12 (1). art. no. 67. pp. 1-13. ISSN 2050-7283 https://bmcpsychology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40359-023-01476-w 10.1186/s40359-023-01476-w |
| spellingShingle | Sun, He Soh, Kim Geok Mohammadi, Alireza Toumi, Zakaria Zhang, Lingling Ding, Cong Gao, Xiaojuan Tian, Jian Counteracting mental fatigue for athletes: a systematic review of the interventions |
| title | Counteracting mental fatigue for athletes: a systematic review of the interventions |
| title_full | Counteracting mental fatigue for athletes: a systematic review of the interventions |
| title_fullStr | Counteracting mental fatigue for athletes: a systematic review of the interventions |
| title_full_unstemmed | Counteracting mental fatigue for athletes: a systematic review of the interventions |
| title_short | Counteracting mental fatigue for athletes: a systematic review of the interventions |
| title_sort | counteracting mental fatigue for athletes: a systematic review of the interventions |
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