Impact of sleep disordered breathing on performance in judo players

Autor: Hiroo Wada, Kazumasa Nagata, Ryutaro Shirahama, Tomokazu Tajima, Manami Kimura, Ai Ikeda, Koutatsu Maruyama, Masahiro Tamura, Keiji Suzuki, Takeshi Tanigawa
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine, Vol 5, Iss 1 (2019)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2018-0004
2055-7647
DOI: 10.1136/bmjsem-2018-000418
Popis: Objective Previous studies have suggested that young sports players may suffer from sleep disordered breathing (SDB). It was hypothesised that SDB in heavy-class judo players was far more prevalent than expected and that it could reduce judo performance, which could be improved by appropriate therapies. To address this, the present study estimated the percentage of heavy-class judo players with SDB and investigated the effect of SDB treatment on judo performance.Methods We enrolled 19 young judo players from a university judo team with body weight >100 kg and/or body mass index >30 kg/m2. Both excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) and respiratory disturbance index (RDI) were evaluated using the Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS) and an overnight type 3 sleep monitor.Results The percentages of young heavyweight-class judo players with EDS (ESS ≥11) and those with SDB (RDI ≥5) were both 63%, which was unexpectedly high for the age class. Seven of the participants underwent continuous positive airway pressure therapy, which improved both RDI and ESS scores (p
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