English translation of the SFMS questionnaire

Each “Yes” answer receives one point, giving a score of between 0 and 54. According to the French multicentric study (F Maso, in press) scores >20 are highly suggestive of overtraining and are constantly found in overtly overtrained individuals.
Sex	M	F
Date of birth
What is your profession?
If you are a student, are you doing examinations?	Yes	No
What is your main sport or game?
How many hours do you practise per week?	6–8.	8–10	More than 10
If you play other sports or games, write them:
This month, has there been any significant event which may have disturbed	Yes	No
your private or professional life?
This month
1–My level of sports performance/my general form has decreased	Yes	No
2–I am not as attentive as before	Yes	No
3–My close friends think that my behaviour has changed	Yes	No
4–I have a sensation of pressure in my chest	Yes	No
5 –My heart seems to beat faster	Yes	No
6–I have a lump in my throat	Yes	No
7–I have less appetite than before	Yes	No
8–I eat more	Yes	No
9–I do not sleep as well as before	Yes	No
10–I drowse and yawn in the daytime	Yes	No
11–The time between training sessions seems to me too short	Yes	No
12–My sexual libido has decreased	Yes	No
13–My performances are poor	Yes	No
14–I frequently catch a cold	Yes	No
15–I have put on weight	Yes	No
16–I have memory problems	Yes	No
17–I often feel tired	Yes	No
18–I underestimate myself	Yes	No
19–I often have cramps, muscular pain	Yes	No
20–I suffer from headaches more frequently	Yes	No
21–I do not feel fit	Yes	No
22–I sometimes feel dizzy, on the point of fainting	Yes	No
23–I do not confide in others so easily	Yes	No
24–I often feel seedy	Yes	No
25–I have a sore throat more often	Yes	No
26–I feel nervous, insecure, anxious	Yes	No
27–I do not bear training so well	Yes	No
28–At rest, my heart rate is faster than before	Yes	No
29–During exercise, my heart rate is faster than before	Yes	No
30–I often feel rotten	Yes	No
31–I get tired more easily	Yes	No
32–I often have digestive disorders	Yes	No
33–I feel like staying in bed	Yes	No
34–I am not so confident in myself	Yes	No
35–I get injured more easily	Yes	No
36–I have more difficulties in organising my thoughts	Yes	No
37–I have more difficulties in concentrating in my sports activity	Yes	No
38–My sporting gestures are less precise, less skilful	Yes	No
39–I have lost force and aggressiveness	Yes	No
40–I feel as if I have no one to talk to	Yes	No
41–I sleep longer	Yes	No
42–I cough more often	Yes	No
43–I do not enjoy practising my sports as much	Yes	No
44–I do not enjoy my leisure activities as much	Yes	No
45–I get irritated more easily	Yes	No
46–I am less efficient in my school or professional activity	Yes	No
47–People around me think that I have become less pleasant	Yes	No
48–Training seems harder and harder	Yes	No
49–It is my fault if my results are worse	Yes	No
50–My legs feel heavy	Yes	No
51–I lose my personal things more easily (wallet, keys, etc)	Yes	No
52–I am pessimistic, I have the blues	Yes	No
53–I have lost weight	Yes	No
54–My motivation, will and tenacity are weaker	Yes	No
Put a cross to range between these two opposite states
My physical level
Great form---------------------------------------------------------------Bad form
I feel fatigued
More slowly-------------------------------------------------------------More quickly
I recover from my state of tiredness
More quickly------------------------------------------------------------More slowly
I feel
Very relaxed-------------------------------------------------------------Very anxious
I feel that my muscular strength has
Increased-----------------------------------------------------------------Decreased
I feel that my endurance has
Increased-----------------------------------------------------------------Decreased
Have you had any difficulties in understanding some of the questions?	Yes	No
If Yes, which questions did you find difficult to understand (write the numbers)