ArticleEuropean journal of applied physiology2019
Time-trial performance is not impaired in either competitive athletes or untrained individuals following a prolonged cognitive task.
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- Approaches to inducing mental fatigue: A systematic review and meta-analysis of (neuro)physiologic indices.Behavior research methods · 2025Pooled it
- Assessing the Evidential Value of Mental Fatigue and Exercise Research.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2023Pooled it
- Interindividual Variability in Mental Fatigue-Related Impairments in Endurance Performance: A Systematic Review and Multiple Meta-regression.Sports medicine - open · 2023Pooled it
- Mental Fatigue and Sport-Specific Psychomotor Performance: A Systematic Review.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2021Pooled it
- Do All Paths Lead to Mental Fatigue or Is It Merely a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy?Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2026Article
- Current Practices for Mental Fatigue Quantification and Induction in Movement Science: Introducing the SPeCIFY Guidelines.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2025Review
- Brain endurance training as a strategy for reducing mental fatigue.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Exploring the n-back task: insights, applications, and future directions.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2025Review
- A novel protocol to induce mental fatigue.Behavior research methods · 2024Article
- Does Smartphone Use Affect a Subsequent Swimming Training Session? Preliminary Results in Amateur Triathletes.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- No Effects of Mental Fatigue and Cerebral Stimulation on Physical Performance of Master Swimmers.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
- Mental Fatigue Might Be Not So Bad for Exercise Performance After All: A Systematic Review and Bias-Sensitive Meta-Analysis.Journal of cognition · 2020Review
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Abstract
It has been reported that mental fatigue decreases exercise performance during high-intensity constant-work-rate exercise (CWR) and self-paced time trials (TT) in recreationally-trained individuals. The purpose of this study was to determine whether performance is impaired following a prolonged cognitive task in individuals trained for competitive sport. Ten trained competitive athletes (ATH) and ten untrained healthy men (UNT) completed a 6-min severe-intensity CWR followed by a 6-min cycling TT immediately following cognitive tasks designed to either perturb (Stroop colour-word task and N-back task; PCT) or maintain a neutral (documentary watching; CON) mental state. UNT had a higher heart rate (75 ± 9 v. 69 ± 7 bpm; P = 0.002) and a lower positive affect PANAS score (19.9 ± 7.5 v. 24.3 ± 4.6; P = 0.036) for PCT compared to CON. ATH showed no difference in heart rate, but had a higher negative affect score for PCT compared to CON (15.1 ± 3.7 v. 12.2 ± 2.7; P = 0.029). Pulmonary O
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