ReviewSports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.)1989
Sleep deprivation and the effect on exercise performance.
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38 citing papers in PubMed, 112 citations in OpenAlex.
- Sleep disturbance at simulated altitude indicated by stratified respiratory disturbance index but not hypoxic ventilatory response.European journal of applied physiology · 2005Trial
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- Effects of Napping on Cognitive and Physical Performance in Sleep-Deprived Elite Kung-Fu Athletes.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Longitudinal relationships among physical activity, internet gaming disorder, and insomnia: a cross-lagged panel analysis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- Sleep Quality Impacts Training Responses and Performance in Elite Swimmers.European journal of sport science · 2025Article
- Backyard running: Pushing the boundaries of human performance.European journal of sport science · 2024Article
- Effects of Ramadan Fasting on Sleep and Physical Fitness among Young Female Handball Players.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Association between sleep duration and possible sarcopenia in middle-aged and elderly Chinese individuals: evidence from the China health and retirement longitudinal study.BMC geriatrics · 2024Article
- Prediction of half-marathon performance of male recreational marathon runners using nomogram.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2024Article
- The association between sleep duration and myopia among Chinese school-age students: mediation effect of physical activity.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Sleep in marathon and ultramarathon runners: a brief narrative review.Frontiers in neurology · 2023Review
- Elements of Sleep Breathing and Sleep-Deprivation Physiology in the Context of Athletic Performance.Journal of personalized medicine · 2022Review
- Sleep Restriction Reduces Cognitive but Not Physical Motivation.Nature and science of sleep · 2022Article
- Contribution of Solid Food to Achieve Individual Nutritional Requirement during a Continuous 438 km Mountain Ultramarathon in Female Athlete.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Sleep and Performance during a Preseason in Elite Rugby Union Athletes.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Toward Predicting Human Performance Outcomes From Wearable Technologies: A Computational Modeling Approach.Frontiers in physiology · 2021Article
- Physiological Responses and Nutritional Intake during a 7-Day Treadmill Running World Record.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Self-Selected Pacing During a World Record Attempt in 40 Ironman-Distance Triathlons in 40 Days.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Sleep Deprivation and Physiological Responses. A Case Report.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2019Article
- Wearable sensors for monitoring the internal and external workload of the athlete.NPJ digital medicine · 2019Review
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Abstract
Sleep deprivation or partial sleep loss are common in work conditions as rotating shifts and prolonged work hours, in sustained military operations and in athletes competing in events after crossing several time zones or engaged in ultramarathon or triathlon events. Although it is well established that sleep loss has negative effects on mental performance, its effects on physical performance are equivocal. This review examines the latter question in light of recent studies published on this problem. Sleep deprivation of 30 to 72 hours does not affect cardiovascular and respiratory responses to exercise of varying intensity, or the aerobic and anaerobic performance capability of individuals. Muscle strength and electromechanical responses are also not affected. Time to exhaustion, however, is decreased by sleep deprivation. Although ratings of perceived exertion always increased during exercise in sleep-deprived (30 to 60 hours) subjects compared with normal sleep, this is not a reliable assessment of a subject's ability to perform physical work as the ratings of perceived exertion are dissociated from any cardiovascular changes in sleep deprivation. Examination of the various hormonal and metabolic parameters which have been measured in the studies reviewed reveals that the major metabolic perturbations accompanying sleep deprivation in humans are an increase in insulin resistance and a decrease in glucose tolerance. This may explain the reduction in observed time to exhaustion in sleep-deprived subjects. The role of growth hormone in mediating altered carbohydrate metabolism may be of particular relevance as to how sleep deprivation alters the supply of energy substrate to the muscle.
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