The counteractive effects of interventions addressing mental fatigue on sport-specific performance among athletes: A systematic review with a meta-analysis.
Study Goal
The researchers aimed to evaluate the effects of mindfulness and other interventions on mitigating the detrimental effects of mental fatigue on sport-specific performance in athletes.
Results Summary
Mindfulness showed potential to mitigate the detrimental effects of mental fatigue on sport-specific performance, particularly in shooting accuracy, with an effect size of 0.591. The study synthesized current evidence but did not provide detailed results specific to mindfulness alone.
Population
Athletes experiencing mental fatigue across diverse sporting domains.
Effective Dosage
Not available
Duration
Not specified
Interactions
None mentioned
| Intervention | Direction | Endpoint | Population | Dosage | Impact | Claim # |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
transcranial direct current stimulation | increase | sport-specific performance | mentally fatigued athletes | - | showed potential to mitigate the detrimental effects | #1 |
person-fit | increase | sport-specific performance | mentally fatigued athletes | - | showed potential to mitigate the detrimental effects | #2 |
mindfulness | increase | sport-specific performance | mentally fatigued athletes | - | showed potential to mitigate the detrimental effects | #3 |
glucose supplementation | increase | sport-specific performance | mentally fatigued athletes | - | showed potential to mitigate the detrimental effects | #4 |
caffeine mouth rinsing | increase | sport-specific performance | mentally fatigued athletes | - | showed potential to mitigate the detrimental effects | #5 |
nature exposure | increase | sport-specific performance | mentally fatigued athletes | - | showed potential to mitigate the detrimental effects | #6 |
transcranial direct current stimulation, person-fit, mindfulness, glucose supplementation, caffeine mouth rinsing, and nature exposure | increase | shooting accuracy | mentally fatigued athletes | ES = 0.591 | showed potential to mitigate the detrimental effects | #7 |
The deleterious consequences of mental fatigue (MF) on athletes in diverse sporting domains have been subject to extensive inquiry. However, the efficacy of interventions to counteract the effects of MF remains largely elusive. This review aims to evaluate the effects of counteractive interventions on the sport-specific performance of mentally fatigued athletes. Moreover, synthesizes the current evidence on which sports effectively counter the detrimental effects of MF with interventions, highlighting potential avenues for upcoming research. A systematic search was executed via Web of Science, Scopus, PubMed, and EBSCOhost, in addition to Google Scholar and references for grey literature. A meta-analysis was executed to compute effect sizes for different interventions with 13 qualified papers. Interventions include transcranial direct current stimulation, person-fit, mindfulness, glucose supplementation, caffeine mouth rinsing, and nature exposure showed potential to mitigate the detrimental effects on sport-specific performance, particularly in shooting accuracy (ES = 0.591;