The Effects of Mental Fatigue on Physical Performance: A Systematic Review

Background Mental fatigue is a psychobiological state caused by prolonged periods of demanding cognitive activity. It has recently been suggested that mental fatigue can affect physical performance. Objective Our objective was to evaluate the literature on impairment of physical performance due to m...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Sports medicine (Auckland) 2017-08, Vol.47 (8), p.1569-1588
Hauptverfasser:	Van Cutsem, Jeroen, Marcora, Samuele, De Pauw, Kevin, Bailey, Stephen, Meeusen, Romain, Roelands, Bart
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adenosine Aerobic capacity Athletic Performance - psychology Caffeine Cardiac output Chronic fatigue syndrome Cognition Cognitive ability Completion time Exercise Exercise - physiology Exercise Tolerance - physiology Exhaustion Fatigue Fatigue tests Heart diseases Heart rate Humans Lactic acid Medicine Medicine & Public Health Mental Fatigue - physiopathology Mental Fatigue - psychology Oxygen uptake Perception Perceptions Physical Endurance - physiology Physical Exertion Physiology Psychobiology Sports Medicine Systematic Review Velocity
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Zusammenfassung:	Background Mental fatigue is a psychobiological state caused by prolonged periods of demanding cognitive activity. It has recently been suggested that mental fatigue can affect physical performance. Objective Our objective was to evaluate the literature on impairment of physical performance due to mental fatigue and to create an overview of the potential factors underlying this effect. Methods Two electronic databases, PubMed and Web of Science (until 28 April 2016), were searched for studies designed to test whether mental fatigue influenced performance of a physical task or influenced physiological and/or perceptual responses during the physical task. Studies using short (
ISSN:	0112-1642 1179-2035
DOI:	10.1007/s40279-016-0672-0