Diurnal variation of psychomotor, cognitive and physical performances in schoolchildren: sex comparison

• Main Authors: Ghada Oueslati (Author), Ibrahim Ouergui (Author), Achraf Ammar (Author), Khlaed Trabelsi (Author), Luca Paolo Ardigò (Author), Hamdi Chtourou (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2024-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background The present study investigated the effect of time of day (08h00 vs. 11h00 vs. 14h00 vs. 17h00) and sex (girls vs. boys) on physical (i.e., five jump test (5JT), push-ball test and 5 m shuttle run test (5mSRT)), cognitive (i.e., attention) and mental (i.e., mental flexibility) per...