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    Las Tareas Matemáticas Inducen Fatiga Mental, Pero Tienen un Pequeño Efecto en una Habilidad Específica del Voleibol: Un Estudio Cruzado Aleatorizado con Jóvenes Jugadoras
    (Universidad de Murcia: servicio de publicaciones, 2025) Costa, Yago; Eoli, Arthur; Batista, Gilmário; Sin departamento asociado
    Mental fatigue is characterized by a sense of tiredness following cognitive tasks. Previous studies have shown prolonged cognitive testing, social media use, and video gaming can impair sports performance. However, the impact of mathematical tasks on the perception of mental fatigue in young athletes, as well as their effects on performance, remains unclear. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate whether mathematical tasks cause mental fatigue and affect the performance in a specific volleyball skill of young female players. A crossover and randomized experimental design was employed. The participants were fifteen young female volleyball players who performed a specific volleyball skill in two experimental conditions (mathematics and control) separated by 3 –7 days of washout. In this sense, mental fatigue level (pre and post) intervention and the performance on specific volleyball skills (between days) were measured. A statistical difference was observed in mental fatigue level only pre-post the mathematics condition. Moreover, although no statistical difference was observed between the conditions in specific volleyball skill performance, only in the control condition was the time average for completing the task below the "certainly meaningful change" threshold. In conclusion, 30 minutes of a mathematical task increases the levels of mental fatigue in young female volleyball players. Furthermore, there seems to be a reduction in volleyball-specific skills, although this requires further confirmation. Trial Registration Number: Brazilian Clinical Trial Register (RBR-8w7d8np). Registered 02 January 2025 (Retrospectively registered).