Evidence map›Paper›PMID 33389141›Full record

ReviewEuropean journal of applied physiology2021

Fatigue development and perceived response during self-paced endurance exercise: state-of-the-art review.

Rafael de Almeida Azevedo, Marcos David Silva-Cavalcante, Adriano Eduardo Lima-Silva, Romulo Bertuzzi

Abstract readReview
PubMed Publisher
In one paragraph

Review in European journal of applied physiology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
19citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Trial
  3. Effect of different pacing strategies on 4-km cycling time trial performance.Brazilian journal of medical and biological research = Revista brasileira de pesquisas medicas e biologica · 2023
    Trial
  4. Trial
  5. Article
  6. Article
  7. Article
  8. Task Failure in Endurance Sports: A Review.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2026
    Review
  9. Article
  10. Article
  11. The effect of exercise-induced muscle fatigue on gait parameters among older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis.European review of aging and physical activity : official journal of the European Group for Research into Elderly and Physical Activity · 2025
    Review
  12. Article
  13. Article
  14. Article
  15. Article
  16. Article
  17. Effects of pre-exercise HFrontiers in physiology · 2022
    Article
  18. Article
  19. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Rafael de Almeida AzevedoEndurance Sports Research Group (GEDAE-USP), School of Physical Education and Sport, University of Sao Paulo, Av. Prof. Mello Moraes, 65 - Cidade Universitária, São Paulo, SP, 05508-030, Brazil.
Marcos David Silva-CavalcanteEndurance Sports Research Group (GEDAE-USP), School of Physical Education and Sport, University of Sao Paulo, Av. Prof. Mello Moraes, 65 - Cidade Universitária, São Paulo, SP, 05508-030, Brazil.
Adriano Eduardo Lima-SilvaHuman Performance Research Group, Federal University of Technology - Parana (UTFPR), Curitiba, Parana, Brazil.
Romulo BertuzziEndurance Sports Research Group (GEDAE-USP), School of Physical Education and Sport, University of Sao Paulo, Av. Prof. Mello Moraes, 65 - Cidade Universitária, São Paulo, SP, 05508-030, Brazil. bertuzzi@usp.br.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0407-9620

Funding

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo 2017/22053-0
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Performance in self-paced endurance exercises results from continuous fatigue symptom management. While it is suggested that perceived responses and neuromuscular fatigue development may determine variations in exercise intensity, it is uncertain how these fatigue components interact throughout the task. To address the fatigue development in self-paced endurance exercises, the following topics were addressed in the present review: (1) fatigue development during constant-load vs. self-paced endurance exercises; (2) central and peripheral fatigue and perceived exertion interconnections throughout the self-paced endurance exercises; and (3) future directions and recommendations. Based on the available literature, it is suggested (1) the work rate variations during a self-paced endurance exercise result in transitions between exercise intensity domains, directly impacting the end-exercise central and peripheral fatigue level when compared to constant-load exercise mode; (2) central and peripheral fatigue, as well as perceived exertion response contribute to exercise intensity regulation at the different stages of the trial. It seems that while neuromuscular fatigue development might be relevant at beginning of the trial, the perceived exertion might interfere in the remaining parts to achieve maximal values only at the finish line; (3) future studies should focus on the mechanisms underpinning fatigue components interactions throughout the task and its influence on exercise intensity variations.

Indexed as

ExercisePhysical EndurancePhysical ExertionRunningHumansMental FatigueMuscle FatigueCentral fatigueEndurance performancePacing strategyPeripheral fatigue

Identifiers

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.