Effect of a Habitual Late-Evening Physical Task on Sleep Quality in Neither-Type Soccer Players
Purpose: The aim of this study was to investigate objective and subjective sleep quality, daytime tiredness and sleepiness in response to a late-evening high intensity interval training (HIIT) session in neither-type soccer players that habitually trained late in the day. This is the first study tha...
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| author | Jacopo A. Vitale Giuseppe Banfi Giuseppe Banfi Antonio La Torre Antonio La Torre Matteo Bonato |
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| description | Purpose: The aim of this study was to investigate objective and subjective sleep quality, daytime tiredness and sleepiness in response to a late-evening high intensity interval training (HIIT) session in neither-type soccer players that habitually trained late in the day. This is the first study that considered both athletes’ chronotype and habitual training time as crucial factors when assessing sleep quality in relation to an evening physical task.Methods: In this longitudinal, prospective, observational study, 14 Italian soccer players were recruited (mean age: 26.1 ± 4.5 years; height: 1.81 ± 0.06 m; weight: 78.9 ± 6.1 kg) and performed an extra-routine 4 × 4-min HIIT session at 09:00 p.m. Players used to train always between 09:00 and 11:00 p.m during the competitive season. All subjects wore an actigraph to evaluate their objective sleep parameters and a sleep diary was used to record subjective values of sleep quality, daytime tiredness, and daytime sleepiness. All data were analyzed as: the mean of the two nights before (PRE), the night after (POST 1), and the mean of the two nights after (POST 2) the extra-routine HIIT session. The subjects’ chronotype was assessed by the morningness-eveningness questionnaire (MEQ).Results: All players were classified as N-types (mean MEQ score: 49.4 ± 3.7). None of the actigraph parameters nor the subjective values of sleep quality, tiredness, and sleepiness showed significant changes in PRE, POST 1, and POST 2.Conclusion: The results of our study added more information regarding sleep quality outcomes in response to a late-evening HIIT session. Athletic trainers and medical staff should always control for chronotype and habitual training time when assessing variations to sleep quality in athletes. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9d092c51b9be4239a288da2c519cf5672022-12-21T17:59:37ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Physiology1664-042X2018-11-01910.3389/fphys.2018.01582422960Effect of a Habitual Late-Evening Physical Task on Sleep Quality in Neither-Type Soccer PlayersJacopo A. Vitale0Giuseppe Banfi1Giuseppe Banfi2Antonio La Torre3Antonio La Torre4Matteo Bonato5IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, Milan, ItalyIRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, Milan, ItalyVita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, ItalyIRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, Milan, ItalyDepartment of Biomedical Sciences for Health, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, ItalyDepartment of Biomedical Sciences for Health, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, ItalyPurpose: The aim of this study was to investigate objective and subjective sleep quality, daytime tiredness and sleepiness in response to a late-evening high intensity interval training (HIIT) session in neither-type soccer players that habitually trained late in the day. This is the first study that considered both athletes’ chronotype and habitual training time as crucial factors when assessing sleep quality in relation to an evening physical task.Methods: In this longitudinal, prospective, observational study, 14 Italian soccer players were recruited (mean age: 26.1 ± 4.5 years; height: 1.81 ± 0.06 m; weight: 78.9 ± 6.1 kg) and performed an extra-routine 4 × 4-min HIIT session at 09:00 p.m. Players used to train always between 09:00 and 11:00 p.m during the competitive season. All subjects wore an actigraph to evaluate their objective sleep parameters and a sleep diary was used to record subjective values of sleep quality, daytime tiredness, and daytime sleepiness. All data were analyzed as: the mean of the two nights before (PRE), the night after (POST 1), and the mean of the two nights after (POST 2) the extra-routine HIIT session. The subjects’ chronotype was assessed by the morningness-eveningness questionnaire (MEQ).Results: All players were classified as N-types (mean MEQ score: 49.4 ± 3.7). None of the actigraph parameters nor the subjective values of sleep quality, tiredness, and sleepiness showed significant changes in PRE, POST 1, and POST 2.Conclusion: The results of our study added more information regarding sleep quality outcomes in response to a late-evening HIIT session. Athletic trainers and medical staff should always control for chronotype and habitual training time when assessing variations to sleep quality in athletes.https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fphys.2018.01582/fullsleepsoccerchronotypehabitual training timeactigraphyorthopedics |
| spellingShingle | Jacopo A. Vitale Giuseppe Banfi Giuseppe Banfi Antonio La Torre Antonio La Torre Matteo Bonato Effect of a Habitual Late-Evening Physical Task on Sleep Quality in Neither-Type Soccer Players Frontiers in Physiology sleep soccer chronotype habitual training time actigraphy orthopedics |
| title | Effect of a Habitual Late-Evening Physical Task on Sleep Quality in Neither-Type Soccer Players |
| title_full | Effect of a Habitual Late-Evening Physical Task on Sleep Quality in Neither-Type Soccer Players |
| title_fullStr | Effect of a Habitual Late-Evening Physical Task on Sleep Quality in Neither-Type Soccer Players |
| title_full_unstemmed | Effect of a Habitual Late-Evening Physical Task on Sleep Quality in Neither-Type Soccer Players |
| title_short | Effect of a Habitual Late-Evening Physical Task on Sleep Quality in Neither-Type Soccer Players |
| title_sort | effect of a habitual late evening physical task on sleep quality in neither type soccer players |
| topic | sleep soccer chronotype habitual training time actigraphy orthopedics |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fphys.2018.01582/full |
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