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Does Ramadan fasting influence time-motion metrics and psychophysiological responses in soccer players during small-sided games performed in fed and fasted states?

Mohamed Kerkeni
1, 2
,
Karim Chamari
3
,
Manel Kerkeni
1, 2
,
Omar Boukhris
4, 5
,
Achraf Ammar
6, 7
,
David B. Pyne
8
,
Waqar Husain
9
,
Hamdi Chtourou
1, 10
,
Abdul Rashid Aziz
11
,
Haitham Jahrami
12, 13
,
Khaled Trabelsi
1, 2, 14

  1. High Institute of Sport and Physical Education, University of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia
  2. Research laboratory, Education, Motricity, Sport and Health (EM2S), LR15JS01, High Institute of Sport and Physical Education, University of Sfax, Tunisia
  3. Naufar Center, Doha, Qatar
  4. Sport, Performance, and Nutrition Research Group, School of Allied Health, Human Services and Sport, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia
  5. SIESTA Research Group, School of Allied Health, Human Services and Sport, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia
  6. Department of Training and Movement Science, Institute of Sport Science, Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
  7. Research Laboratory, Molecular Bases of Human Pathology, LR19ES13, Sfax, Tunisia
  8. Faculty of Health, Research Institute for Sport and Exercise, University of Canberra, Kirinari Street, Bruce, Canberra, ACT 2617, Australia
  9. Department of Humanities, COMSATS University Islamabad, Islamabad Campus, Park Road, Islamabad, Pakistan
  10. Physical Activity, Sport, and Health, National Observatory of Sport, Tunis, Tunisia
  11. Sport Science and Sports Medicine, Singapore Sport Institute, Sport Singapore, Singapore
  12. Department of Psychiatry, Ministry of Health, Manama, Bahrain
  13. Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine and Medical Sciences, Arabian Gulf University, Manama, Bahrain
  14. Department of Movement Sciences and Sports Training, School of Sport Science, The University of Jordan, Amman Jordan
Biol Sport. 2026;43:679–691
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/biolsport.2026.156231
Online publish date: 2025/12/16
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