Article Dans Une Revue International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance Année : 2025

Effects of 5-Week Brain Endurance Training on Fatigue and Performance in Elite Youth Epée Fencers

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Purpose: To examine the effectiveness of five weeks of Brain Endurance Training (BET) in reducing impairments in sustained attention, performance at a specific fencing test and perceived fatigue after a cognitive fatiguing task in youth epee elite fencers during the pre-season. Methods: Using a quasi-randomized controlled trial, 19 elite youth fencers (8 women, 18±1 y) were divided in the BET (n=11) or control (n=8) group. Both groups trained for 5 sessions/week during 5 weeks. The BET group completed the BET sessions before, during or after fencing training, 3 to 4 times/week. The control group performed only fencing training. Before and after the 5 weeks, fencers performed a psychomotor vigilance test (PVT) and fencing test pre and post 40-min of a Reverse Stroop task. Perceived fatigue was scored on a 10-cm visual analog scale. Results: After 5-weeks, perceived fatigue, reaction time and number of lapses at the PVT increased form pre- to post-Reverse Stroop task only in the control group (p≤0.011), with no pre-to-post difference for the BET group (p>0.059). No differences were found in fencing test performance (p>0.07). Effort for the Reverse Stroop task increased for both groups after the 5 weeks (p=0.043). We observed an increase in perceived fatigue, reaction time and number of lapses in the BET group before the fatiguing task (p≤0.028). Conclusion: BET reduced the negative effects of a cognitive fatiguing task on sustained attention, without a clear improvement in performance at the fencing test and represents a possible tool to mitigate fatigue in Fencing.

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hal-05080470 , version 1 (22-05-2025)

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Giorgio Varesco, Walter Staiano, Maëlle Bracco, Benjamin Pageaux, Lena Soulas, et al.. Effects of 5-Week Brain Endurance Training on Fatigue and Performance in Elite Youth Epée Fencers. International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance, 2025, pp.1-7. ⟨10.1123/ijspp.2024-0396⟩. ⟨hal-05080470⟩
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