Sex Differences in Sustained Attention Performance and Neuromuscular Fatigue During an Intense Cognitive-Motor Dual Task in Normoxia and Hypoxia.

Purpose: As females have been shown to exhibit greater resistance to fatigue in muscles but lower hypoxia-induced cerebral oxygen saturation during whole-body exercise, this study was conducted to assess their responses to intense cognitive-motor dual-task (CMDT) situations. Recent research has show...

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Publicado en:International Journal of Sports Physiology & Performance Vol. 20; no. 10; pp. 1393 - 1403
Autores principales: Goepp, Thomas, Hayes, Mark, Di Domenico, Hervé, Millet, Guillaume Y., Hot, Pascal, Rupp, Thomas
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Publicado: Human Kinetics Publishers, Inc. Oct2025
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          Goepp, Thomas
          Hayes, Mark
          Di Domenico, Hervé
          Millet, Guillaume Y.
          Hot, Pascal
          Rupp, Thomas
        affil: Inter-University Laboratory of Human Movement Sciences, LIBM University Savoie Mont-Blanc, Chambéry, France
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          Sex Factors
          Task Performance and Analysis
          Neuromuscular Control
          Fatigue
          Anoxia
          Psychomotor Performance
          Cognition
          Attention
          Oxygen Saturation
          Athletic Performance
          Human
          Male
          Female
          Cycling
          Prefrontal Cortex
          Oxygenation
          Spectroscopy, Near-Infrared
          Descriptive Statistics
          Menstrual Cycle
          Running
          Data Analysis Software
          Analysis of Variance
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      ab: Purpose: As females have been shown to exhibit greater resistance to fatigue in muscles but lower hypoxia-induced cerebral oxygen saturation during whole-body exercise, this study was conducted to assess their responses to intense cognitive-motor dual-task (CMDT) situations. Recent research has shown that intense CMDT involving whole-body exercise increases neuromuscular fatigue and impairs cognitive performance, both exacerbated in hypoxic conditions. Methods: Twenty-two healthy young adults (11 females) first performed a session in normoxia, including separated cognitive (CTLCOG), and cycling tasks (CTLEX). This session was followed by 2 CMDT sessions performed in randomized order under normoxia (CMDTNOR) and hypoxia (CMDTHYP). The physical exercise consisted of 20-minute cycling at a "hard" perceived effort, and the cognitive task consisted of a 15-minute Sustained Attention to Response time Task. Psychophysiological measurements included knee-extensor neuromuscular fatigue (peripheral/central fatigue components using femoral nerve electrical stimulation) and prefrontal cortex oxygenation assessed by near-infrared spectroscopy. Results: Sustained Attention to Response time Task performance was similarly decreased for males and females (P =.32) in CMDTHYP (−6.3% [1.5%], P <.001) and CMDTNOR (−3.9% [1.5%], P =.048) versus CTLCOG. Neuromuscular fatigue was significant postcycling (P <.001), independent of sex (P =.71) and condition (P =.53). Maximal voluntary activation was similarly impaired between sexes (P =.37) in CMDTNOR (−5.8% [0.8%], P <.001) and CMDTHYP (−5.5% [0.8%], P <.001) versus CTLEX. No difference was observed in prefrontal cortex oxygenation during CMDTHYP (P =.23) for either males (44.9% [5.3%]) or females (44.3% [2.7%]). Conclusion: These findings suggest that intense whole-body CMDTs performed in normoxia and hypoxia negatively impact knee-extensor neuromuscular fatigue, sustained attention, and prefrontal cortex oxygenation, but the effect does not differ between sexes.
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