ArticleFrontiers in psychology2023
The effects of mental fatigue on sport-specific motor performance among team sport athletes: A systematic scoping review.
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- Exploring the effects of long-term physical exercise on persistent and inhibitory self-control: quasi-experimental research.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2025Article
- Impact of acute mental fatigue on cricket-related performance measures in university level indoor cricket players.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2025Article
- Neurological mechanisms of mental fatigue in cognitive flexibility in soccer players: an event-related potential study based on N2 components.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2025Article
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Abstract
Background: The psychobiological state known as mental fatigue (MF) is by engaging in mentally taxing activities for an extended period, which is typically found in team sports, of the high cognitive demand and unpredictable environment. It increases the perception of effort and influences executive functions, impairing sport-specific performance in athletes. However, the consequences of MF on sport-specific motor performance (SSMP) among athletes in team sports remain unclear. Objective: This scoping review seeks to find and map research publications that investigate the effect of MF on SSMP in team sports. Methods: Web of Science, Scopus, and PubMed were searched as the main databases, and CENTRAL, Psychology, and Behavioral Sciences Collection, SPORTDicus obtained from EBSCOhost, as well as gray literature was searched for relevant literature and Google Scholar. Cognitive tasks before the SSMP exam are the focus of the selected literature on mental exhaustion. Only experiments testing mental and non-mental exhaustion were chosen. Results: Twelve studies fulfill the requirement of selection criteria. SSMP in team sports, including soccer, basketball, cricket, and Australian football mainly is examined as physical and technical performance. More specifically, MF significantly influenced physical performance measured as intermittent endurance and total distance ( Conclusion: MF adversely influences SSMP in team sports. The most relevant theory for future study to examine the impacts of MF on team-sport athletes could be the psychological model of exercise and its potential extension on attention resources, rather than the traditional "catastrophe" theory.
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