A novel sleep optimisation programme to improve athletes' well-being and performance
| Autor: | Andrew Potter, Andrew Vakulin, Laura K. Barger, Peter Catcheside, Nick A. Antic, Emer Van Ryswyk, Jarryd Wallace, Nick Poulos, Richard Weeks, Laura Bandick, Michaela O’Keefe |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Team sport Adolescent Excessive daytime sleepiness Physical Therapy Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation Football Athletic Performance Profile of mood states Medical Records Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index 03 medical and health sciences Young Adult 0302 clinical medicine Physical medicine and rehabilitation medicine Humans Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Life Style biology Athletes Epworth Sleepiness Scale Actigraphy 030229 sport sciences General Medicine biology.organism_classification Muscle Fatigue Physical therapy medicine.symptom Psychology Sleep 030217 neurology & neurosurgery Sports |
| Zdroj: | European journal of sport science. 17(2) |
| ISSN: | 1536-7290 |
| Popis: | To improve well-being and performance indicators in a group of Australian Football League (AFL) players via a six-week sleep optimisation programme.Prospective intervention study following observations suggestive of reduced sleep and excessive daytime sleepiness in an AFL group.Athletes from the Adelaide Football Club were invited to participate if they had played AFL senior-level football for 1-5 years, or if they had excessive daytime sleepiness (Epworth Sleepiness Scale [ESS]10), measured via ESS. An initial education session explained normal sleep needs, and how to achieve increased sleep duration and quality. Participants (n = 25) received ongoing feedback on their sleep, and a mid-programme education and feedback session. Sleep duration, quality and related outcomes were measured during week one and at the conclusion of the six-week intervention period using sleep diaries, actigraphy, ESS, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, Profile of Mood States, Training Distress Scale, Perceived Stress Scale and the Psychomotor Vigilance Task.Sleep diaries demonstrated an increase in total sleep time of approximately 20 min (498.8 ± 53.8 to 518.7 ± 34.3; p .05) and a 2% increase in sleep efficiency (p 0.05). There was a corresponding increase in vigour (p 0.001) and decrease in fatigue (p 0.05).Improvements in measures of sleep efficiency, fatigue and vigour indicate that a sleep optimisation programme may improve athletes' well-being. More research is required into the effects of sleep optimisation on athletic performance. |
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