The influence of sexual activity on athletic performance: a systematic review and meta-analyses.

ABSTRACT: Several anecdotal reports suggest that sex before competition can affect performance. Our objective was to perform a systematic review and meta-analysis to determine whether athletic performance or some physical fitness measure is affected by prior sexual activity. Web of Science (all databases) and Google Scholar were used to identify studies from which adult healthy subjects were included. As all studies were crossover trials, an inverse variance statistical method with random effects was used to minimize the uncertainty of the pooled effect estimate. Bias was assessed via the revised Cochrane Risk of Bias tool (RoB 2) with a "per protocol" analysis. Nine crossover studies (133 subjects, 99% male) were used in this meta-analysis. All those studies did not examine athletic performance per

SUBMITTER: Zavorsky GS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9481637 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature