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Achraf Ammar
Affiliation : University of Sfax · Université Paris Nanterre · Institut Supérieur du Sport et de l’Éducation Physique de Sfax · Laboratoire interdisciplinaire en neurosciences, physiologie et psychologie · Faculty of Medicine of Sfax
- 255Publications (affiliation in Tunisia)
- 379Total publications
- 8948Citations
- 43h-index
Research profile
Achraf Ammar has 255 indexed publications (2024–2026). Their work appears mainly in “Nutrients”, “Frontiers in Nutrition” and “European Journal of Investigation in Health Psychology and Education”. Their most cited article, “The Ethical Compass: Establishing ethical guidelines for research practices in sports medicine and exercise science” (2024), has been cited 48 times. Their work is co-authored with at least 12 researchers, including institutions in France, Germany, Jordan, Qatar.
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- Sports Performance and Training
- Sleep and related disorders
- Sleep and Work-Related Fatigue
- Physical Activity and Health
- Psychometric Methodologies and Testing
Publications (255)
- Multifactorial determinants of health status: insights from the MEDIET4ALL large-scale survey on eco-sociodemographic, psychological, and lifestyle (diet, physical activity, and sleep) factors
- Cross-country variability in Mediterranean lifestyle adherence and its psychosocial and behavioural correlates: insights from the MEDIET4ALL project across 10 Mediterranean and neighboring countries
- Combined diet and physical activity effects on health-related outcomes in people with overweight or obesity: an overview of systematic reviews
- Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviour in the MEDIET4ALL Study: Associations with Mediterranean Lifestyle, Sleep, and Psychosocial Well-Being, with Mediation Analyses
- Antioxidant Capacity and Polyphenolic Profile of Extractable and Non-Extractable Fractions of Traditional Mediterranean Diet Recipes from Different Regions
- Effects of Tart Cherry Juice Supplementation on Recovery from Exercise-Induced Muscle Damage in Athletes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
- Effects of a 90‐Min Nap on Time‐Motion Metrics and Psychophysiological Responses During Small‐Sided Games in Professional Soccer Players
- Sleep Characteristics and Insomnia Severity in Relation to Mediterranean Lifestyle Adherence and Psychosocial Wellbeing: Findings from the MEDIET4ALL International Survey
- Parents’ nutrition knowledge, perceived barriers and enablers, and healthy-eating attitudes associated with children’s adherence to the Mediterranean diet: the DELICIOUS project
- Translating and Validating the Ghosting Questionnaire (GHOST) into French: Results Against the Romantic Ghosting Scale (RG-C)
- Effects of Combined vs. Single-Source Supportive Communication from Parents and Coaches on Mental Health and Self-Regulation in Adolescent Football Players
- The Arabic Lubben Social Network Scale-6: Psychometric Validation, Measurement Invariance, and Social Support Profiles in Arabic-Speaking Older Adults
- Atimiaphobia: The Undiscovered Burden of Honor Cultures and Shame Societies on Mental Health—Development and Validation of Atimiaphobia Scale
- Cross-Cultural Adaptation and Validation of the Arabic Rating-of-Fatigue Scale
- Melatonin supplementation as an adjunct to dual-task training: effects on functional capacity and quality of life in Parkinson’s disease
- Does pretraining napping improve time-motion metrics and psychophysiological responses during small-sided games in Ramadan-fasted professional soccer players?
- A Tripartite Framework of Conflict-Induced Stress, Acoustic Hypervigilance, and Ramadan Observance as Convergent Determinants of Circadian Decoherence in Athletes
- Life Satisfaction and Psychological Distress in Relation to Mediterranean Lifestyle Adherence and Behavioural Correlates: Findings from the MEDIET4ALL International Survey
- The Cross-Cultural Adaptation, Validation and Psychometric Properties of the Mental Fatigue Scale in Turkish Athletes
- Translation and psychometric validation of the gerascophobia or excessive fear of aging scale (GEFAS) into Urdu
- Beetroot juice or creatine: which yields greater short-term benefits for resistance training capacity, performance and key physiological responses?
- Perceived psychosocial success scale: an objective measure for evaluating the current state of psychosocial success in a multidimensional mode
- The Association Between Laterality and Stroke Severity: A Cross‐Sectional Study
- Comparing Religious, Moral, and Spiritual Intelligence as Correlates and Mediators of Death Anxiety and Life Satisfaction
- Does repeated daytime napping over consecutive days enhance physical, perceptual, and cardiac autonomic responses in high-level adolescent basketball players?
- Psychometric properties of the Arabic versions of the sleep health index (SHI) and sleep satisfaction tool (SST)
- Music-integrated strength–proprioceptive training improves lower-limb performance and postural balance in adolescents with visual impairment: a randomized controlled trial
- Effect of a Theory-Informed, Six-Week Gamified Educational Intervention on Hydration Knowledge, Behavior, and Status in School Children: A Randomized Controlled Trial
- Intradialytic neuromuscular electrical stimulation improves muscle oxygenation and aerobic capacity in end-stage renal disease: a single-blind, randomized controlled trial
- Translation, adaptation, and psychometric validation of the Urdu version of the Gaming Disorder Test (GDT-Urdu) among Pakistani adults
- Additional file 1 of Cross-Cultural Adaptation and Validation of the Arabic Rating-of-Fatigue Scale
- Cross-Cultural Adaptation and Validation of the Arabic Rating-of-Fatigue Scale
- The translation and validation of the YouTube addiction scale in modern standard Arabic among emerging and young adults
- Parental Decision-Related Factors Are Associated with Discretionary Ultra-Processed Food Consumption Among Children and Adolescents Living in the Mediterranean Area
- Exercise Training in the Fasted State During the Month of Ramadan: Acutely Ergolytic but Possibly Chronically Ergogenic? A Narrative Review with Systematic Search and Methodological Quality Assessment
- Additional file 1 of Exercise Training in the Fasted State During the Month of Ramadan: Acutely Ergolytic but Possibly Chronically Ergogenic? A Narrative Review with Systematic Search and Methodological Quality Assessment
- Exercise Training in the Fasted State During the Month of Ramadan: Acutely Ergolytic but Possibly Chronically Ergogenic? A Narrative Review with Systematic Search and Methodological Quality Assessment
- Criterion-Referenced Sex-Specific Six-Minute Walk Distance Cut-Offs for Staging Alzheimer’s Disease
- What evidence supports primary prevention strategies for sport-related concussion? An umbrella review
- Impact of a Six‐Month Walking Program on Cognitive and Functional Abilities in Older Tunisian Adults: A Quasi‐Experimental Study
- Time‐of‐Day Effects on Postural Balance in Blind Children: A Cross‐Sectional Comparative Study
- Investigation of Factors Affecting Contraceptive Knowledge Levels in Women of Reproductive Age
- Cold Water Immersion or Foam Rolling? A Randomized Crossover Trial Comparing Recovery Effects on High-Intensity Performance and Markers of Muscle Damage and Inflammation in Soccer Players
- Machine Learning-Based Prediction of Six-Minute Walk Distance in Children with Obesity
- The Neuroscience of Religious and Spiritual Practices: A Systematic Review of Neurotheological Evidence
- Lifestyle, Sleep, and Psychological Correlates of Social Participation Across Mediterranean and Neighbouring Countries: Findings from the MEDIET4ALL Survey
- Coaches’ verbal encouragement in soccer: A systematic review of its effects on internal training load, physical and time-motion performance, and technical skills
- Night eating syndrome as a metabolic-inflammatory disorder: comprehensive phenotyping through a cross-sectional analytical study in middle eastern young adults
- Translation and Validation of the Gaming Disorder Test in an Online Sample of Arabic-Speaking Young Adults: Evidence from Classical Psychometrics, Rasch Analysis, Latent Class Analysis, and Network Analysis
- The development and validation of the pre-sleep excitement-inducing activities scale
- Measurement Properties of the Official Modern Standard Arabic Borg CR Scale® (CR10) for Assessing Perceived Exertion
- Effects of acetaminophen ingestion on the torque–duration relationship and fatigability during intermittent exercise in patients with type 1 diabetes
- Regional variations in Mediterranean diet adherence: a sociodemographic and lifestyle analysis across Mediterranean and non-Mediterranean regions within the MEDIET4ALL project
- Optimizing the number of players and training bout durations in soccer small‐sided games: Effects on mood balance and technical performance
- Reliability generalization meta-analysis of the internal consistency of the Big Five Inventory (BFI) by comparing BFI (44 items) and BFI-2 (60 items) versions controlling for age, sex, language factors
- Diet, Eating Habits, and Lifestyle Factors Associated with Adequate Sleep Duration in Children and Adolescents Living in 5 Mediterranean Countries: The DELICIOUS Project
- Unhealthy Ultra-Processed Food Consumption in Children and Adolescents Living in the Mediterranean Area: The DELICIOUS Project
- Gender-specific insights into adherence to Mediterranean diet and lifestyle: analysis of 4,000 responses from the MEDIET4ALL project
- Short-Term Beetroot Juice Supplementation Enhances Strength, Reduces Fatigue, and Promotes Recovery in Physically Active Individuals: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Crossover Trial
- Exploring Determinants of Mediterranean Lifestyle Adherence: Findings from the Multinational MEDIET4ALL e-Survey Across Ten Mediterranean and Neighboring Countries
- Effects of neuromuscular electrical stimulation during hemodialysis on muscle strength, functional capacity and postural balance in patients with end-stage renal disease: a randomized controlled trial
- The Effect of Task-Oriented Basketball Training on Motor Skill-Related Fitness in Children with Developmental Coordination Disorder
- Napping and memory consolidation in early childhood: A systematic review and meta-analysis
- Unhealthy Ultra-Processed Food, Diet Quality and Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet in Children and Adolescents: The DELICIOUS Project
- Game-based physical education: a pathway to increased student motivation and greater learning outcomes
- Adherence to Mediterranean Healthy Lifestyle Patterns and Potential Barriers: A Comparative Study of Dietary Habits, Physical Activity, and Social Participation Between German and Turkish Populations
- Redefining social intelligence through self-efficacy and personal autonomy: Development and validation of the efficient social intelligence scale
- Enhanced physical performance, attention, and mood states after a nap opportunity following a sleep restriction night in female athletes: A randomized controlled trial
- Correction: Gender-specific insights into adherence to Mediterranean diet and lifestyle: analysis of 4,000 responses from the MEDIET4ALL project
- Verbal encouragement in coaching: enhancing small-sided game performance in youth basketball players
- Avoid and Rule: Selective Sociality Scale for Understanding Introverted Personality in a Digitally Socialized World
- Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation During Hemodialysis Enhances Exercise Capacity in Patients with End-Stage Renal Disease: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial
- School-based physical activity and health-related fitness in Mediterranean students: findings from the DELICIOUS project
- The development and validation of a one-off scale to measure procrastination and precrastination traits in young adults
- Development and validation of the Women Autonomy Scale for measuring psychosocial freedom from conventional gender roles
- Children's and adolescents' lifestyle factors associated with physical activity in five Mediterranean countries: the DELICIOUS project
- The effect of time-of-day on short-term repetitive maximal performance, cognitive ability and psychological variables in adolescents
- The Effects of Time‐Restricted Feeding on Handgrip Strength, Vigilance, and Perceived Anxiety and Depression in Older Adults: A Comparative Study Between Active and Sedentary Populations
- Turkish Adaptation of the Ghosting Questionnaire and Its Impact on Relationship Satisfaction: Serial Mediation Effects of Negative Affect and Loneliness
- Turkish adaptation of Ghosting Questionnaire: validity and reliability study
- Acute effects of beetroot juice vs. creatine supplementation on maximal strength, autonomic regulation, and muscle oxygenation during incremental resistance exercise
- The development and validation of Coffee Use Disorder and Coffee Addiction Scale (CUDCAS) and its correlation with insomnia and anxiety symptoms
- Advancing Contextual Interference: Addressing Methodological Debates, Reflecting on Meta-Analytic Practices and Generalizability, and Guiding Future Directions in Motor Learning
- Acute and delayed effects of Ramadan intermittent fasting on the postural control of elite judokas: focus on mobility and dynamic balance performance
- Validating an Arabic translation of the Sleep, Circadian Rhythms, and Mood (SCRAM) questionnaire
- The Validation of the Nomophobia Questionnaire Using a Modern Psychometric Approach: An Item Response Theory Analysis of 5087 Participants
- The romantic loneliness scale (RomLon scale): the development and validation of a novel and brief measure to assess loneliness stemming from the absence of romance in dating, hookups, and marital relationships
- The relationship between motivation for having children and sociodemographic and obstetric characteristics: a cross-sectional study
- A New Lens on Childhood Obesity: Developing and Validating the Obesity‐Related Well‐Being (ORWB) Scale for Assessing Well‐Being in Obese Children and Adolescents
- The translation and validation of the procrastination and precrastination traits scale in the modern Arabic Language
- Development and validation of the concise midlife crisis measure
- Short-term creatine supplementation enhances strength, reduces fatigue, and accelerates recovery in resistance-trained athletes: a double-blind, randomized, crossover trial
- Measure of Religious Beliefs about Mental Health: Development and Validation Among Christians and Muslims
- The acute and delayed impact of the 5-m shuttle run test on oxidative stress, muscle damage, and immune response, and their relationship with performance in rugby union players
- Internal consistency of the pediatric daytime sleepiness scale: a meta-analysis across diverse populations
- Validation study of the Arabic translation of the sleep regularity questionnaire (SRQ)
- The translation and validation of the Arabic language version of the biphasic sleep scale among young adults
- The need for tailoring school-based physical activity interventions: preliminary insights into body weight and cross-country differences from the DELICIOUS project
- The Ethical Compass: Establishing ethical guidelines for research practices in sports medicine and exercise science
- Attenuating Muscle Damage Biomarkers and Muscle Soreness After an Exercise-Induced Muscle Damage with Branched-Chain Amino Acid (BCAA) Supplementation: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis with Meta-regression
Publication venues
- Nutrients × 7
- Frontiers in Nutrition × 6
- European Journal of Investigation in Health Psychology and Education × 6
- Frontiers in Public Health × 5
- BMC Psychology × 5
- Sports × 4
Publications per year
- 202652
- 202546
- 20242
Collaborations
Partner institutions : University of Jendouba · Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz · University of Sousse · University of Jordan · Manouba University
Co-authors’ countries : France · Germany · Jordan · Qatar
Co-authors
- Khaled Trabelsi
- Hamdi Chtourou
- Atef Salem
- Mohamed Ali Boujelbane
- Mohamed Kerkeni
- Liwa Masmoudi
- Kaïs El Abed
- Omar Hammouda
- Bassem Bouaziz
- Omar F. Boukhris
- Wassim Moalla
- Mouna Turki
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