Bibliometric analysis of the effects of mental fatigue on athletic performance from 2001 to 2021

Abstract

AimsTo explore the research hot topics and main contents in the field of the influence of mental fatigue on athletic performance, and to provide new ideas and directions for future research in this field.MethodsUsing CiteSpace and VOSviewer visualization tool software core collection of Web of Science database to TS = (“mental fatigue” OR “mental exertion” OR “cognitive fatigue” OR “Cognitive exertion” OR “mental exhaustion” OR “mental tiredness”) AND (“athletic performance” OR “technical skill*” OR “Skill*” OR “technique” OR “decision making” OR “performance”) AND (“Humans”) searched for the influence of mental fatigue on athletic performance from 2001 to 2021 to conduct visual analysis. Research hot topics were analyzed from the aspects of high-impact countries/regions, institutions, authors, high-frequency keywords, and mutation terms.ResultsA total of 658 publications were identified finally, and there has been an increasing trend in the annual number of publications, with the United States ranking first in the number of publications and influence. Future research will focus on promoting the application of EEG technology as an objective indicator for assessing mental fatigue, exploring effective methods and measures for pharmacological or non-pharmacological interventions against fatigue, and focusing on the effects of mental fatigue on endurance performance, technical skills, and sports-related decision-making.ConclusionThe results of the present study help us understand the status of the mental fatigue and athletic performance field and its recent developments.

Race analysis in swimming: understanding the evolution of publications, citations and networks through a bibliometric review

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Relationship between Athletes’ Big Five Model of Personality and Athletic Performance: Meta-Analysis

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“…Athletic performance (AP) is directly related to athletes' records and prize money, and academia is aware of the importance of their performance [1]. Factors affecting the AP of athletes in modern society include training [2,3], nutrition [4,5], genetics [6,7], and psychology [8][9][10], and numerous sports field studies (for example [11][12][13]) have been conducted on various factors.…”

The Bibliometric Analysis of EEGLAB Software in the Web of Science Indexed Articles

“…The systematic reviews and meta-analysis studies about EEG were highly cited and popular for example Default-mode brain dysfunction in mental disorders [16], deep learning [17], feature extraction [18] and meta-analysis for randomized controlled trials for Nonpharmacological interventions for ADHD [19]. But the bibliometric analysis is new and was limited to the application of EEG indices in human cognitive performance with 143 items [20], Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) research with 2310 items [21], mental fatigue on athletic performance with 658 items [22], Quantitative EEG in neuropsychiatric field with 1904 articles [23], neuromarketing with 30 items [24] and 24 items [25], Consumer Neurosciences with 364 items [26], consumer behavior and marketing with 497 items [27] , strategic management studies with 105 items [28] ,Neurorehabilitation with 874 items [29], Neuroarchitecture Assessment with 295 items [30] and Construction [31].…”