1. Title of Dataset: Physiological data of elite foil fencing
2. Author Information
a. Principal Investigator Contact Information
Name: Dr Lindsay Bottoms
Institution: University of Hertfordshire
Address: Centre for Research in Psychology and Sport Sciences
Email: l.bottoms@herts.ac.uk	

b. Joint Principal Investigator Contact Information
Name: Professor Xavier Iglesias	
Institution: Institut Nacional d’Educació Física de Catalunya (INEFC)
Address: Grup de Recerca en Ciències de l'Esport de l'INEFC Barcelona
Email: xiglesias@gmail.com
3. Date of data collection June 2018
4. Geographic location of data collection Spain
5. Information about funding sources that supported the collection of the data: Professor Xavier Iglesias received funding from the Ministerio de Universidades (Spain) for mobility stays for Professors in foreign centers.  The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.  All other authors have no relevant financial or non-financial interests to disclose.
SHARING/ACCESS INFORMATION
1. Licenses/restrictions placed on the data: CC-BY
2. Links to publication that cite or use the data: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0281600
3. Links to other publicly accessible locations of the data: none
4. Links/relationships to ancillary data sets: none
5. Was data derived from another source? No
6. Recommended citation for this dataset: Bottoms, L., Tarragó, R.,  Muñiz, D., Chaverri, D.,  Irurtia, A., Castizo-Olier, J., Carrasco, M., Rodríguez, F.A. and Iglesias, X. (2023). Physiological data of elite foil fencing [Data set]. University of Hertfordshire Research Archive. https://doi.org/10.18745/DS.26019

DATA & FILE OVERVIEW
1. File list:
There are 6 files:

Participant info.csv
Core Temperature.csv
Bloods.csv
RPE.csv
Heart Rate.csv
Motion Analysis.csv
Gas Analysis.csv
 
2. Additional related data collected that was not included in the current data package:
a. All data included
3. Are there multiple versions of the dataset? No

METHODOLOGICAL INFORMATION
1. Description of methods used for collection/generation of data:
Eighteen fencers (6 female, 4 left-handed) volunteered to participate in the study (characteristics can be seen in Table 1). All participants had at least 3 years’ experience of training in foil fencing and had been invited by the Spanish Fencing Federation to take part in the study, they were free from injury, and undertook more than 4 weekly training sessions.  Six males and four females were in the top ten Spanish senior or junior rankings at the time of the data collection. One male participant was a current medallist at the senior world championships. Participants provided written informed consent and ethical approval (protocol number: 12/2018/CEICGC) was obtained by the Clinical Research Ethics Committee of the Catalan Sports Ministry, in accordance with the principles outlined in the Declaration of Helsinki.  Once consent was provided, participants were given an ID number for data collection and analyses.  All participants were in a rested state prior to testing having refrained from alcohol and vigorous exercise in the 24 hours prior and caffeine and food ingestion in the 2 hours prior to testing. Furthermore, they arrived for the measurements after voiding their bladder and rectum [19].

This study used an observational design where the fencers were divided in to 3 groups of 6 fencers of similar ability (determined by the coach). They then completed ‘poule’ (up to 5 touches) fights and ‘DE’ (up to 15 touches) fights with each of the fencers in their group. We used a counterbalanced design so that half of the fencers started with a 5-touch round and the other half with the 15-touch round.  All testing was performed using the participants’ own fencing equipment and participants were instructed to prepare as they would for competition.  The experiment was carried out during the competitive period. The project was undertaken during a training camp of the Spanish national team at the high performance centre CAR Sant Cugat (Spain) in July 2018. One of the training sessions was dedicated to the undertaking of this project.  All fencing was completed in an air-conditioned sports hall which was maintained at approximately 21°C.


2. Methods for processing the data:
SPSS and excel were both used to process the data. 
3. Instrument – or software-specific information needed to interpret the data:
Excel and SPSS v27
4. Standards and calibration information, if appropriate: N/A
5. Environmental/experimental conditions:
a. See section 'Methodological description' above.
6. People involved with sample collection, processing, analysis and/or submission:
Bottoms, L., Tarragó, R.,  Muñiz, D., Chaverri, D.,  Irurtia, A., Castizo-Olier, J., Carrasco, M., Rodríguez, F.A. and Iglesias, X.

DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION FOR: Participant Info.csv

1. Number of variables: 12
2. Number of rows: 18
3. Variable list:
List variable name, description, unit and value descriptive
a. Gender, Gender, M = male, F=female
b. Age, Age, years
c. Height, Height, cm
d. Weight, Weight, kg
e. BMI, Body mass index, kg.m-2
f. Wingspan, Wingspan, cm
g. Fat Mass, Fat Mass, %
h. Muscle Mass %, Muscle Mass %, %
i. Lean Mass D arm, Lean mass in dominant arm, %
j. Lean mass ND arm, Lean mass in non dominant arm, %
k. Lean Mass D leg, Lean mass in dominant leg, %
l. Lean Mass ND leg, Lean mass in non dominant leg, %


4. Missing data codes:
There are no missing data codes

5. Specialised formats or other abbreviations used:
BMI = Body mass index
D = dominant
ND = non dominant
cm = centimetres
kg=kilogram


DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION FOR: Core Temperature.csv

1. Number of variables: 8
2. Number of rows: 18
3. Variable list:
List variable name, unit: Time points
a. Core temperature, degrees centigrade: BL, Pre Poule, Poste Poule, Difference, Pre DE, Post DE, Difference, Final

4. Missing data codes:
There are no missing data codes

5. Specialised formats or other abbreviations used:

BL = baseline
Pre Poule = temperature measure before a poule fight
Post Poule = temperature measured after the poule fight
Pre DE = temperature measured before the DE fight
Post DE = temperature measured after the DE fight
Difference = difference between before and after. 
Final = temperature measured after all fencing completed. 


DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION FOR: Bloods.csv

1. Number of variables: 9
2. Number of rows: 18
3. Variable list:
List variable name, unit: Time points
a. Blood lactate, mmol.l-1: BL1, BLAv, P1, P3, DE1, DE3,
b. Blood glucose, mmol.l-1: BL, end 

4. Missing data codes:
There are no missing data codes

5. Specialised formats or other abbreviations used:
BL = baseline
AV = average
P = poule
DE = Direct elimination

DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION FOR: RPE.csv

1. Number of variables: 3
2. Number of rows: 18
3. Variable list:
List variable name, unit: Time points
a. RPE: Poule, DE, final

4. Missing data codes:
There are no missing data codes

5. Specialised formats or other abbreviations used:
DE = Direct elimination 
Final = End of competition
RPE = ratings of perceived exertion

DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION FOR: Heart Rate.csv

1. Number of variables: 6
2. Number of rows: 18
3. Variable list:
List variable name, unit: Time points
a. Average heart rate, beats.min-1: P5_HRAV, DE_HRAV
b. Maximum heart rate, beats.min-1: P5_HRMAX, DE_HRMAX
c. % of maximum predictive heart rate, %: P5_HR%, DE_HR%

4. Missing data codes:
There are no missing data codes

5. Specialised formats or other abbreviations used:
HR = heart rate
HRmax = maximum heart rate
P = poule fight
DE = direct elimination fight
HRAV = average heart rate

DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION FOR: Motion Analysis.csv

1. Number of variables: 12
2. Number of rows: 18
3. Variable list:
List variable name, unit: Time points
a. Total fight time, s: P total FT, DE total FT
b. Active fencing time, s: P Active FT, DE Active FT
c. Total rest time, s: P Total RT, DE Total RT
d. Rest time during fight, s: P RT during F, DE RT during F
e. Rest time between bouts, s: P RT bw F, DE RT bw DE
f. Work to rest ratio, work:rest (P), work:rest (DE)

4. Missing data codes:
There are no missing data codes

5. Specialised formats or other abbreviations used:
P = poule fight
DE = direct elimination fight
FT = fencing time
RT= Rest time
F = fight
s = seconds

DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION FOR: Gas Analysis.csv

1. Number of variables: 9
2. Number of rows: 18
3. Variable list:
List variable name, unit: Time points
a. Absolute Oxygen consumption, l.min-1: P_VO2abs, DE_VO2abs
b. Relative Oxygen consumption, ml.kg.-1: P_VO2rel, DE_VO2rel
c. Carbon dioxide production, l.min-1: P_VCO2, DE_VCO2
d. Respiratory exchange ratio: P_RER, DE_RER
e. Energy expenditure, kcal.min-1: EE(Kcal.min)

4. Missing data codes:
There are no missing data codes

5. Specialised formats or other abbreviations used:
P = poule fight
DE = direct elimination fight
VO2 = oxygen consumption
VCO2 = carbon dioxide production
RER = respiratory exchange ratio
EE = energy expenditure