ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021
Sleep Quality and Performance in Professional Athletes Fasting during the Month of Ramadan.
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- Effects of dietary nitrate supplementation on peak oxygen uptake following 10 days of Ramadan fasting in healthy adults.Experimental physiology · 2026Trial
- The influence of circadian rhythm disruption during Ramadan on metabolic responses to physical activity: a pilot study.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2025Article
- A case study on the impact of Ramadan on biomechanical and physiological markers in a female collegiate student-athlete.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2025Article
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- Sleep and Performance in Professional Athletes.Current sleep medicine reports · 2023Review
- Association of Ramadan Participation with Psychological Parameters: A Cross-Sectional Study during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Iran.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- Time-restricted feeding and cognitive function in sedentary and physically active elderly individuals: Ramadan diurnal intermittent fasting as a model.Frontiers in nutrition · 2022Article
- Walking Football During Ramadan Fasting for Cardiometabolic and Psychological Health Benefits to the Physically Challenged and Aged Populations.Frontiers in nutrition · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundMaintaining physical performance during Ramadan Diurnal Fasting (RDF) is a challenge for professional athletes. The literature shows that sleep disturbances experienced by athletes during RDF are associated with reduced physical performance. The effect of sleep quality on physical performance, and the effect of work status on physical performance during RDF among athletes, besides engaging in trainings, have been little investigated. This study aims to evaluate the effect of RDF on the physical performance of professional athletes taking into consideration their sleep quality and work status.
methodsProfessional medium-distance male runners (n = 32) participated in our study in the summer of 2019. Data about socio-demographics, training characteristics, sleep quality (Pittsburg Sleep Quality Index: PSQI), physical performance (Cooper Test; Harvard step test) were collected before and during Ramadan. Student's-test and Welch and Wilcoxon tests were used for data analysis.
resultsBoth quality of sleep and physical performance of athletes deteriorated during Ramadan. People with better quality of sleep had better physical fitness/performance both before and during RDF. Athletes who worked beside trainings achieved worse physical fitness test results and had worse quality of sleep.
conclusionsPolicies aimed to improve physical performance in RDF should consider the quality of sleep and the work status of athletes.
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