A temperature-controlled mattress cover is associated with improved subjective sleep in elite male Australian-rules football athletes: A 14-night parallel-group field study.

Shauna Stevenson, Yazmin Hayes, Haresh T Suppiah, Matthew W Driller

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Article in Temperature (Austin, Tex.), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Shauna StevensonSchool of Allied Health, Human Services, and Sport, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0004-6748-7789

Yazmin HayesSchool of Allied Health, Human Services, and Sport, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia.

Haresh T SuppiahSchool of Allied Health, Human Services, and Sport, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia.

Matthew W DrillerSchool of Allied Health, Human Services, and Sport, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia.

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Abstract

Sleep is recognized as a critical factor in athletic recovery and performance. However, elite athletes often experience inadequate sleep, and research suggests that disturbances in thermoregulatory processes may be a contributing factor. This study aimed to investigate the effects of a temperature-controlled mattress cover on thermal comfort and sleep outcomes in professional athletes. Thirty-two elite male Australian Rules Football athletes (mean ± SD age: 23 ± 4 years) participated in a 14-night intervention using a temperature-controlled mattress cover (Eight Sleep Pod 3) (POD,

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beddingsleep environmentsleep qualitysleep technologythermal comfortThermoregulation

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PMID42694933

DOI10.1080/23328940.2026.2703946

PMCPMC13540189

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