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ArticleScientific reports2024

The effects of physical activity on sleep architecture and mood in naturalistic environments.

Kennedy Zapalac, Melissa Miller, Frances A Champagne, David M Schnyer, Benjamin Baird

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Article in Scientific reports, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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24citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

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24 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 36 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Kennedy ZapalacDepartment of Psychology, The University of Texas at Austin, 108 E Dean Keeton St, Austin, TX, 78712, USA.
Melissa MillerDepartment of Psychology, The University of Texas at Austin, 108 E Dean Keeton St, Austin, TX, 78712, USA.
Frances A ChampagneDepartment of Psychology, The University of Texas at Austin, 108 E Dean Keeton St, Austin, TX, 78712, USA.
David M SchnyerDepartment of Psychology, The University of Texas at Austin, 108 E Dean Keeton St, Austin, TX, 78712, USA.
Benjamin BairdDepartment of Psychology, The University of Texas at Austin, 108 E Dean Keeton St, Austin, TX, 78712, USA. baird@utexas.edu.
The University of Texas at Austin · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Physical activity has been found to alter sleep architecture, but these effects have been studied predominantly in the laboratory and the generalizability of these findings to naturalistic environments and longer time intervals, as well as their psychological effects, have not been evaluated. Recent technological advancements in wearable devices have made it possible to capture detailed measures of sleep outside the lab, including timing of specific sleep stages. In the current study, we utilized photoplethysmography coupled with accelerometers and smartphone ambulatory assessment to collect daily measurements of sleep, physical activity and mood in a sample of N = 82 over multi-month data collection intervals. We found a robust inverse relationship between sedentary behavior and physical activity and sleep architecture: both low-intensity and moderate-to-vigorous physical activity were associated with increased NREM sleep and decreased REM sleep, as well as a longer REM latency, while higher levels of sedentary behavior showed the opposite pattern. A decreased REM/NREM ratio and increased REM latency were in turn associated with improved wellbeing, including increased energy, reduced stress and enhanced perceived restfulness of sleep. Our results suggest that physical activity and sleep account for unique variance in a person's mood, suggesting that these effects are at least partially independent.

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Disorders of Excessive SomnolenceSleepExerciseHumansPolysomnographySleep, REMSleep StagesExerciseExperience samplingPhysical activityREM latencyREM sleepSleepSleep architectureWearable devices

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PMID38454070
PMCPMC10920876
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