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SLEEP DEFICIENCY AND ITS IMPACT ON ATHLETE PERFORMANCE

Michał Piotr Tokarski
1
,
Angelika Anna Banasiak
2
,
Bartosz Sadłowski
3
,
Paula Bieganek
3
,
Stanisław Łukaszewicz
3
,
Piotr Pawłowski
4
,
Julia Rybak
5
,
Jakub Kordialik
6
,
Julia Koćwin
3
,
Sandra Sarnacka
7

  1. Maria Skłodowska-Curie Specialist Hospital in Brzeziny, Poland
  2. Nicolaus Copernicus Specialist Hospital, Lodz, Poland
  3. Military Medical Academy Memorial Teaching Hospital of the Medical University of Lodz, Central Veteran Hospital, Lodz, Poland
  4. S. Zeromski Specialist Hospital in Cracow, Poland
  5. Faculty of Medicine, Medical College, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland
  6. Karol Jonscher Municipal Medical Center, Lodz, Poland
  7. Mikolaj Pirogow Provincial Specialist Hospital, Lodz, Poland
Health Prob Civil.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/hpc.2024.140525
Online publish date: 2024/06/19
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Based on the analysis of sleep deprivation among athletes and its impact on performance, we can conclude that insufficient sleep quantity and quality poses significant challenges to athlete performance. Research findings consistently highlight the detrimental effects of sleep loss on various aspects of athletic performance including endurance, reaction time, cognitive function, risk of injury, and perceived fatigue. Despite growing awareness, athletes often underestimate the importance of proper sleep hygiene due to demanding training and preparation for competitions. Recommendations aimed at improving the quality of sleep among athletes include supplementing melatonin, tryptophan and their precursor products in the diet, balanced recovery periods and the inclusion of naps throughout the day. The use of sleep monitoring technology and the implementation of personalized sleep optimization strategies give hope that the diagnosis of sleep deficiency in athletes might be more extensive in the future. There are still topics that require further research, such as improving diagnostic methods for sleep deficiency and the topic of chrononutrition, i.e., optimizing the hours of food consumption in order to obtain higher-quality sleep.
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jet lag, sleep deprivation, melatonin, circadian rhythm, sports

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