Physical Load Affects Perceptual-Cognitive Performance of Skilled Athletes: a Systematic Review

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Table 3 Results for speed and accuracy of the perceptual-cognitive performances based on the physical exercise induced

phys ex	intensity	accuracy			speed
phys ex	intensity	+	o	−	+	o	−
general (n = 14)	low n = 4	n = 0	n = 2 [40, 44]	n = 0	n = 0	n = 3 [37, 42, 44]	n = 0
	moderate n = 13	n = 2 [23, 34]	n = 9 [19, 20, 36–39, 43–45]	n = 0	n = 10 [19, 20, 29, 36–38, 40, 42, 44, 45]	n = 1 [43]	n = 0
	high n = 5	n = 0	n = 3 [20, 40, 45]	n = 1 [23]	n = 4 [20, 40, 42, 45]	n = 0	n = 0
	intermittent n = 1	n = 1 [41]	n = 0	n = 0	n = 1 [41]	n = 0	n = 0
specific (n = 12)	low n = 1	n = 0	n = 0	n = 0	n = 0	n = 1 [39]	n = 0
	moderate n = 7	n = 0	n = 1 [39]	n = 1 [27]	n = 5 [28, 30–32, 35, 39]	n = 0	n = 0
	high n = 4	n = 1 [47]	n = 1	n = 0	n = 3 [31, 33, 46]	n = 0	n = 0
	intermittent n = 2	n = 0	n = 1 [25]	n = 1 [26]	n = 0	n = 0	n = 0

“+“ indicates an improvement of the perceptual-cognitive performance under physical exercise, “0“ no change and “-“ a deterioration