title: Training time frame, a possible key to literature discrepancy on fasting athletes.
abstract: There is a discrepancy in the literature as to whether fasting during Ramadan affects athletic performance. We suggest in this letter that the time frame for training is a confounding variable that has been missed in the literature.
authors.affiliation: Sports Medicine Department, Rasool Akram Hospital, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran ; Sports Medicine Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Navid
authors.identifier: 0000-0003-3316-8195
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Moghadam
authors.affiliation: Sports Medicine Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Farzin
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Farahbakhsh
mesh_terms: D000222:Adaptation, Physiological; D056352:Athletes; D054874:Athletic Performance / Q000502:physiology*; D015986:Confounding Factors, Epidemiologic; D002149:Energy Intake / Q000502:physiology*; D015444:Exercise / Q000502:physiology; D005215:Fasting / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007514:Islam; D064133:Sports Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D013997:Time Factors
keywords: Athletes; Athletic performance; Fasting