About the Authors

Hamdi Chtourou

h_chtourou@yahoo.fr

Affiliations Research Laboratory “Sport Performance Optimization” National Center of Medicine and Sciences in Sport (CNMSS), Tunis, Tunisia, Research Unit (EM2S), High Institute of Sport and Physical Education, Sfax University, Sfax, Tunisia

Asma Aloui

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

Omar Hammouda

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

Anis Chaouachi

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

Karim Chamari

Affiliations Research Laboratory “Sport Performance Optimization” National Center of Medicine and Sciences in Sport (CNMSS), Tunis, Tunisia, Research and Education Center, Aspetar, Qatar Orthopedic and Sports Medicine Hospital, Doha, Qatar

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, Ksar-Saïd, Manouba University, Manouba, Tunisia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HC AA OH AC KC NS. Performed the experiments: HC AA OH AC KC NS. Analyzed the data: HC AA OH AC KC NS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HC AA OH AC KC NS. Wrote the paper: HC AA OH AC KC NS.