Table 4.

Subjective ratings scores (mean ± SD) recorded before and at the end of Ramadan at baseline immediately after 0, 24, 48, and 72 h after the simulated soccer match.

	Before Ramadan					End of Ramadan
	Baseline	0 h	24 h	48 h	72 h	Baseline	0 h	24 h	48 h	72 h
Sleep (au)	4.43 ± 1.27	—	3.57 ± 0.98	4.29 ± 0.76	3.75 ± 1.49	3.9 ± 1.1	—	4.0 ± 0.82	3.75 ± 0.5	4.29 ± 1.11
Fatigue (au)	2.3 ± 1.3	2.4 ± 1.7	3.43 ± 0.79*	2.9 ± 0.82	3.25 ± 1.04	3.02 ± 1.11	4.7 ± 1.30*,#	3.99 ± 0.49*	4.29 ± 0.95*,#	3.2 ± 0.82
Stress (au)	1.9 ± 1.1	2.1 ± 0.9	2.86 ± 1.57	2.5 ± 1	2.38 ± 1.06	2.29 ± 1.25	4.0 ± 0.8*,#	2.14 ± 0.90	3.0 ± 0.82	3.0 ± 0.58
Muscle soreness (au)	1.2 ± 0.9	2.7 ± 1.1*	2.8 ± 1.07*	3.1 ± 1*	2.63 ± 0.74*	1.17 ± 1.13	3.6 ± 0.45*,#	3.98 ± 1.21*,#	4.14 ± 0.69*,#	3.29 ± 0.95*

au, arbitrary unit.

^*Significantly different from baseline (p < 0.05).

^#Significantly different from before Ramadan (p < 0.05).