ReviewJournal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine2021
Urgent wake up call for the National Basketball Association.
Review in Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.
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15 citing papers in PubMed.
- Home-Court Advantage and the Associations of Travel and Jet Lag with Team Performance in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA).Sports medicine - open · 2026Article
- Micro-recovery dosing in elite sport: an initiative-taking, organization-wide recovery framework.Frontiers in physiology · 2026Article
- Wellness, Mood, Sleep, and Performance in a Women's National Basketball Team during International Competition.Journal of human kinetics · 2025Article
- Lived Experiences of Well-being of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines Season 84 Student-Athletes in Bubble Training during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Phenomenological Study.Acta medica Philippina · 2025Article
- Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Did Not Substantially Impact Injury Patterns or Performance of Players in the National Basketball Association From 2016 to 2021.Arthroscopy, sports medicine, and rehabilitation · 2024Article
- How Sleep Affects Recovery and Performance in Basketball: A Systematic Review.Brain sciences · 2022Review
- Effect of a Condensed NBA Season on Injury Risk: An Analysis of the 2020 Season and Player Safety.Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine · 2022Article
- Does rest breed rust? An examination of DNP-Rest decisions and performance in the National Basketball Association regular and post-season.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2022Article
- Eastward Jet Lag is Associated with Impaired Performance and Game Outcome in the National Basketball Association.Frontiers in physiology · 2022Article
- A commentary of factors related to player availability and its influence on performance in elite team sports.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2022Article
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- The Recovery Umbrella in the World of Elite Sport: Do Not Forget the Coaching and Performance Staff.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Impacts of travel distance and travel direction on back-to-back games in the National Basketball Association.Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine · 2021Article
- From the National Basketball Association to the National Hockey League: a parallel problem exists.Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine · 2021Article
- Utilizing the National Basketball Association's COVID-19 restart "bubble" to uncover the impact of travel and circadian disruption on athletic performance.Scientific reports · 2020Article
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5 authors.
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Abstract
noneFrequent air travel and the condensed game schedule typical of a National Basketball Association (NBA) team during the season, often results in accompanying sleep disturbances related to sleep length, sleep quality, and sleep timing (with highly harmful impacts on health, both physical and mental). These issues are not only problematic for NBA players, but also the coaches, training staff, and management support. In this narrative review, we summarize the detrimental effects that this travel and game schedule could have on NBA team members' sleep, as well as their physical and mental health. Multiple peer-reviewed articles address the role of sleep in athletic performance and health; however, to date, the literature focused on sleep-related issues that are unique to the NBA schedule is scarce. Firstly, this review addresses the impact of the NBA schedule, outlining the number of games and the travel involved (number of flights, the timing of flights, timings of arrival at destination and hotel); we also outline a typical daily NBA travel schedule, providing the reader a glimpse of what this encompasses. Secondly, we provide a brief overview of sleep science and discuss specific applications related to the NBA. Finally, we provide comment on the unique current situation of the NBA "bubble". Based on this review, there appears to be considerable scope for further investigation of the acute and chronic effects of sleep disturbances concerning the NBA travel and game schedule. Sleep science recommendations need to inform practice, target sleep interventions, and personalized protocols designed to enhance sleep health that can be incorporated at the organizational level.
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