Impact of quality and duration of sleep on sports performance in acrobatics and tumbling athletes
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https://doi.org/10.55632/pwvas.v97i1.1223Keywords:
sleep quality, sleep duration, athletic performance, acrobatics and tumbling, anaerobic power, balanceAbstract
Sleep is a vital process for recovery and healing, especially in athletes. Therefore, sleep disturbances can have a negative impact on athletic performance. It was hypothesized that sleep quality and duration would be positively correlated with athletic performance in female collegiate acrobatics and tumbling athletes. 16 athletes volunteered (15 completed the study) to monitor their nightly sleep. Daily single-leg hop test battery (single hop, triple hop, and crossover; dominant and nondominant leg) results were analyzed for correlation with nightly sleep quality and duration. Despite prevalent sleep disturbance, neither sleep quality nor duration was significantly correlated with single-leg hop distance for any of the tests on either leg. These athletes may be insensitive to sleep disturbance, or anaerobic performance may be less affected by sleep quality and duration.
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