ReviewNature and science of sleep2024
Effects of Acute Sleep Deprivation on Sporting Performance in Athletes: A Comprehensive Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
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19 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Effects of sleep deprivation on heart rate variability: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in neurology · 2025Pooled it
- Effects of sleep deprivation on sports performance and perceived exertion in athletes and non-athletes: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in physiology · 2025Pooled it
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- Sleep Quality, Insomnia Symptoms, and Perceived Fatigue in Relation to Countermovement Jump Performance Across Repeated Trials in Resistance-Trained Adults.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Repeated Continuous Theta-Burst Stimulation Modulates Resting-State EEG Microstate Dynamics in Athletes with Chronic Insomnia.Brain sciences · 2026Article
- Delaying Early Morning Training Time in Swimmers: Effects on Sleep, Recovery and Performance-A Randomized Controlled Trial.Sports medicine - open · 2026Article
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- Optimizing Athlete Travel for Performance: A Scientific Blueprint for Athletes, Coaches, and Sports Medicine Staff.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2026Review
- Better sleep is associated with improved mobility in adults: a scoping review.Journal of rehabilitation medicine · 2026Article
- Predicting athletic performance in track and field athletes based on wearable physiological and psychological indicators: an interpretable machine learning study.Frontiers in physiology · 2026Article
- Sleep and Athletic Performance: A Multidimensional Review of Physiological and Molecular Mechanisms.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- The 4Rs Framework of Sports Nutrition: An Update with Recommendations to Evaluate Allostatic Load in Athletes.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- The Sleep-Wake Cycle Pattern of a Blind Trail Ultramarathon Runner and His Guide: The World's First Case.Clocks & sleep · 2025Article
- Influence of Sleep Quality on Recovery and Performance in Endurance and Ultra-Endurance Runners: Sex Differences Identified Through Hierarchical Clustering.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Altered Muscle-Brain Connectivity During Left and Right Biceps Brachii Isometric Contraction Following Sleep Deprivation: Insights from PLV and PDC.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- A U-shaped relationship between nighttime sleep duration and new-onset emotional, nervous, or psychiatric problems: a prospective cohort study from China.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- The influence of partial sleep restriction on repeated sprint ability and reaction time in university athletes.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2025Article
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- Sleep deprivation: a comprehensive review of multisystem impacts, underlying mechanisms, and emerging interventions.Frontiers in neurologyReview
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Abstract
Objective: Using meta-analysis to comprehensively and quantitatively evaluate the impact of acute sleep deprivation on different sports performance of athletes, this study aims to provide scientific guidance for coaches in optimizing and adjusting training and competition arrangements. Methods: Establishing literature inclusion and exclusion criteria, we conducted searches in both Chinese and English databases. Using stata 14.0, we analyzed 75 indicators from 27 included literature, focusing on three aspects: the impact of acute sleep deprivation on overall athletic performance, the impact on sporting performance across various athletic abilities, and the disparities in athletic performance between morning and afternoon following acute sleep deprivation. Results: The effect size of acute sleep deprivation on overall athletic performance was -0.56 ( Conclusion: Acute sleep deprivation significantly impairs the overall athletic performance of athletes, with a more pronounced negative impact observed with partial sleep deprivation at the end of the night. Various types of exercise performance are adversely affected by acute sleep deprivation, with magnitude of impact ranking high intensity intermittent, skill control, speed, aerobic endurance, and explosive power. Following acute sleep deprivation, athletes' overall sporting performance in the afternoon is inferior to that in the morning.
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