OBJECTIVE: To understand the contemporary knowledge, beliefs, monitoring processes, management strategies, perceived responsibility, sources of evidence, and challenges, when assessing the mental fatigue and mental recovery of athletes in high-performance sport.
METHODS: A mixed-methods survey approach obtained information from 156 multi-disciplinary high-performance sport practitioners. Descriptive outputs were reported and potential differences between key concepts were detected using Wilcoxon-signed rank analysis. Thematic analysis interpreted open-text responses.
RESULTS: Only 11.5% and 5.1% of respondents indicated they were \"very\" knowledgeable about mental fatigue and mental recovery, respectively. Knowledge (p < 0.001) and confidence in application (p = 0.001) were significantly greater for mental fatigue than mental recovery. Nearly all respondents perceived mental fatigue and mental recovery impacted training and competition performance, with a greater negative impact during competition (p < 0.001). A limited number of respondents reported deliberate assessment (31.1%) or management (51.2%) of mental fatigue and mental recovery. A combination of sources of evidence were used to inform practice, with common challenges to implementation including staff knowledge, athlete-buy in, time-availability, and a lack of evidence. Practitioners reported that assessing and managing mental fatigue and mental recovery was multi-disciplinary in nature.
CONCLUSIONS: Practitioners reported that mental fatigue and mental recovery did impact performance, yet this was not reflected in the implementation of evidence-based assessment and management practices in high-performance sport.
目的:为了了解当代知识,信仰,监测过程,管理策略,感知责任,证据来源,和挑战,在评估高性能运动中运动员的精神疲劳和心理恢复时。
方法:混合方法调查方法从156名多学科高绩效运动从业者那里获得了信息。报告描述性输出,并使用Wilcoxon符号秩分析检测关键概念之间的潜在差异。主题分析解释了开放文本回答。
结果:只有11.5%和5.1%的受访者表示他们“非常”了解精神疲劳和精神康复,分别。心理疲劳的知识(p<0.001)和应用信心(p=0.001)明显高于心理恢复。几乎所有受访者都认为精神疲劳和心理恢复会影响训练和比赛表现,在比赛中产生更大的负面影响(p<0.001)。有限数量的受访者报告了对精神疲劳和精神恢复的刻意评估(31.1%)或管理(51.2%)。证据来源的组合被用来为实践提供信息,实施面临共同的挑战,包括员工知识,运动员购买,时间可用性,缺乏证据.从业人员报告说,评估和管理精神疲劳和精神恢复本质上是多学科的。
结论:从业者报告说,精神疲劳和精神恢复确实会影响表现,然而,在高性能运动中实施循证评估和管理实践并没有反映这一点。