About the Authors

Omar Hammouda

omarham007@yahoo.fr

Affiliations Research Laboratory “Sport Performance Optimization”, National Center of Medicine and Sciences in Sport (CNMSS), Tunis, Tunisia, High Institute of Sport and Physical Education of Sfax, Sfax University, Sfax, Tunisia

Hamdi Chtourou

Affiliations Research Laboratory “Sport Performance Optimization”, National Center of Medicine and Sciences in Sport (CNMSS), Tunis, Tunisia, High Institute of Sport and Physical Education of Sfax, Sfax University, Sfax, Tunisia

Asma Aloui

Affiliation Research Laboratory “Sport Performance Optimization”, National Center of Medicine and Sciences in Sport (CNMSS), Tunis, Tunisia

Henda Chahed

Affiliation Research Laboratory of Biochemistry, CHU Farhat Hached, Sousse, Tunisia

Choumous Kallel

Affiliation Research Laboratory of Hematology, CHU Habib Bourguiba, Sfax, Tunisia

Abdelhedi Miled

Affiliation Research Laboratory of Biochemistry, CHU Farhat Hached, Sousse, Tunisia

Karim Chamari

Affiliation Research and Education Center, Aspetar, Qatar Orthopedic and Sports Medicine Hospital, Doha, Qatar

Anis Chaouachi

Affiliation Research Laboratory “Sport Performance Optimization”, National Center of Medicine and Sciences in Sport (CNMSS), Tunis, Tunisia

Nizar Souissi

Affiliations Research Laboratory “Sport Performance Optimization”, National Center of Medicine and Sciences in Sport (CNMSS), Tunis, Tunisia, High Institute of Sport and Physical Education of Ksar-Saïd, Manouba University, Manouba, Tunisia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: OH H. Chtourou NS. Performed the experiments: OH H. Chtourou H. Chahed AM. Analyzed the data: OH H. Chtourou. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: H. Chahed CK AM. Wrote the manuscript: OH H. Chtourou. Revised the manuscript: AA KC AC NS.