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Impact of evening blue light exposure timing on sleep, motor, and cognitive performance in young athletes with intermediate chronotype

Mohamed Abdelkader Souissi
1, 2
,
Chadha Gouasmia
1, 2
,
Ismail Dergaa
1, 3
,
Jihed Faleh
1
,
Omar Trabelsi
1, 4
,
Katja Weiss
5
,
Thomas Rosemann
5
,
Wissem Dhahbi
4, 6
,
Nizar Souissi
1, 7
,
Beat Knechtle
5, 8

  1. Physical Activity, Sport and Health Research Unit, UR18JS01, National Observatory of Sport, Tunis, Tunisia
  2. High Institute of Sport and Physical Education Gafsa, Gafsa University, Gafsa, Tunisia
  3. Primary Health Care Corporation (PHCC), Doha, Qatar
  4. High Institute of Sport and Physical Education of El Kef, University of Jendouba, El Kef, Tunisia
  5. Institute of Primary Care, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
  6. Qatar Police Academy, Police College, Training Department, Doha, Qatar
  7. High Institute of Sport and Physical Education of Ksar Said, University of Manouba, Manouba, Tunisia
  8. Medbase St. Gallen Am Vadianplatz, St Gallen, Switzerland
Biol Sport. 2025;42(3):61–68
Online publish date: 2025/01/20
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