TY  - JOUR
A1  - Brini, Seifeddine
A1  - Abderrahman, Abderraouf Ben
A1  - Clark, Cain C. T.
A1  - Zouita, Sghaeir
A1  - Hackney, Anthony C.
A1  - Govindasamy, Karuppasamy
A1  - Granacher, Urs
A1  - Zouhal, Hassane
T1  - Sex-specific effects of small-sided games in basketball on psychometric and physiological markers during Ramadan intermittent fasting
BT  - a pilot study
JF  - BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation
N2  - Background: We assessed the effects of gender, in association with a four-week small-sided games (SSGs) training program, during Ramadan intermitting fasting (RIF) on changes in psychometric and physiological markers in professional male and female basketball players.
Methods: Twenty-four professional basketball players from the first Tunisian (Tunisia) division participated in this study. The players were dichotomized by sex (males [GM = 12]; females [GF = 12]). Both groups completed a 4 weeks SSGs training program with 3 sessions per week. Psychometric (e.g., quality of sleep, fatigue, stress, and delayed onset of muscle soreness [DOMS]) and physiological parameters (e.g., heart rate frequency, blood lactate) were measured during the first week (baseline) and at the end of RIF (post-test).
Results: Post hoc tests showed a significant increase in stress levels in both groups (GM [− 81.11%; p < 0.001, d = 0.33, small]; GF [− 36,53%; p = 0.001, d = 0.25, small]). Concerning physiological parameters, ANCOVA revealed significantly lower heart rates in favor of GM at post-test (1.70%, d = 0.38, small, p = 0.002).
Conclusions: Our results showed that SSGs training at the end of the RIF negatively impacted psychometric parameters of male and female basketball players. It can be concluded that there are sex-mediated effects of training during RIF in basketball players, and this should be considered by researchers and practitioners when programing training during RIF.
KW  - Team sports
KW  - Stress levels
KW  - Recovery
KW  - Performance
KW  - Fatigue
Y1  - 2021
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1186/s13102-021-00285-1
SN  - 2052-1847
VL  - 13
PB  - BioMed Central
CY  - London
ER  - 
TY  - GEN
A1  - Brini, Seifeddine
A1  - Abderrahman, Abderraouf Ben
A1  - Clark, Cain C. T.
A1  - Zouita, Sghaeir
A1  - Hackney, Anthony C.
A1  - Govindasamy, Karuppasamy
A1  - Granacher, Urs
A1  - Zouhal, Hassane
T1  - Sex-specific effects of small-sided games in basketball on psychometric and physiological markers during Ramadan intermittent fasting
BT  - a pilot study
T2  - Postprints der Universität Potsdam : Humanwissenschaftliche Reihe
N2  - Background: We assessed the effects of gender, in association with a four-week small-sided games (SSGs) training program, during Ramadan intermitting fasting (RIF) on changes in psychometric and physiological markers in professional male and female basketball players.
Methods: Twenty-four professional basketball players from the first Tunisian (Tunisia) division participated in this study. The players were dichotomized by sex (males [GM = 12]; females [GF = 12]). Both groups completed a 4 weeks SSGs training program with 3 sessions per week. Psychometric (e.g., quality of sleep, fatigue, stress, and delayed onset of muscle soreness [DOMS]) and physiological parameters (e.g., heart rate frequency, blood lactate) were measured during the first week (baseline) and at the end of RIF (post-test).
Results: Post hoc tests showed a significant increase in stress levels in both groups (GM [− 81.11%; p < 0.001, d = 0.33, small]; GF [− 36,53%; p = 0.001, d = 0.25, small]). Concerning physiological parameters, ANCOVA revealed significantly lower heart rates in favor of GM at post-test (1.70%, d = 0.38, small, p = 0.002).
Conclusions: Our results showed that SSGs training at the end of the RIF negatively impacted psychometric parameters of male and female basketball players. It can be concluded that there are sex-mediated effects of training during RIF in basketball players, and this should be considered by researchers and practitioners when programing training during RIF.
T3  - Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Humanwissenschaftliche Reihe - 735 
KW  - Team sports
KW  - Stress levels
KW  - Recovery
KW  - Performance
KW  - Fatigue
Y1  - 2021
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-531578
SN  - 1866-8364
ER  -