No match, more sleep: Greater weekend catch-up sleep in youth soccer players on free weekends

IF 3.8 2区医学 Q1 CLINICAL NEUROLOGY

Sleep medicine Pub Date : 2025-01-03 DOI:10.1016/j.sleep.2025.01.002

João Barreira , João Brito , Fábio Y. Nakamura , Pedro Figueiredo

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Abstract

This study aimed to compare young soccer players' week and weekend sleep behaviors in two different microcycle types: with and without an official match (no sporting commitments). Twenty-three youth male players (mean ± SD; age: 17.2 ± 0.6 years) from the same U19 soccer team had their sleep objectively monitored for eight weeks. Questionnaires for subjective sleep quality, sleepiness, and to identify individual chronotype were completed at the beginning of the study. External training and match loads were monitored using global positioning systems. Overall, all players slept less than 8 h throughout the study and 16 slept less than 7 h. On weekdays, total sleep time (TST) was reduced (390 ± 60 min). A significant (p < 0.05) main effect of the microcycle type, night of the week, and an interaction between the two were observed for TST, bedtime, and wake-up time, indicating that weekend sleep adjustments were dependent on whether a match was played or not. Specifically, weekends without a match showed higher TST (+34 min, p < 0.001), and later bed and wake-up times (+48 min, p < 0.001; and +1.06 h, p < 0.001; respectively) compared with weekends that included a match. While players seem to try to compensate their week sleep debt when possible, sleep adjustments were more predominant on weekends without a match, despite still relatively short sleep durations observed.

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没有比赛，更多的睡眠：青少年足球运动员在自由周末有更多的周末补觉。

这项研究旨在比较年轻足球运动员在两种不同的微周期类型下的周和周末睡眠行为：有和没有正式比赛（没有体育活动）。23名青年男性球员(平均±SD；年龄：17.2±0.6岁)来自同一U19足球队，我们对他们的睡眠进行了8周的客观监测。在研究开始时完成了主观睡眠质量、困倦和个体睡眠类型的问卷调查。使用全球定位系统监测外部训练和比赛负荷。总体而言，所有参与者在整个研究过程中睡眠时间都少于8小时，16人睡眠时间少于7小时。在工作日，总睡眠时间（TST）减少（390±60分钟）。显著的(p)

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Sleep medicine 医学-临床神经学

CiteScore

8.40

自引率

6.20%

发文量

1060

审稿时长

49 days

期刊介绍： Sleep Medicine aims to be a journal no one involved in clinical sleep medicine can do without. A journal primarily focussing on the human aspects of sleep, integrating the various disciplines that are involved in sleep medicine: neurology, clinical neurophysiology, internal medicine (particularly pulmonology and cardiology), psychology, psychiatry, sleep technology, pediatrics, neurosurgery, otorhinolaryngology, and dentistry. The journal publishes the following types of articles: Reviews (also intended as a way to bridge the gap between basic sleep research and clinical relevance); Original Research Articles; Full-length articles; Brief communications; Controversies; Case reports; Letters to the Editor; Journal search and commentaries; Book reviews; Meeting announcements; Listing of relevant organisations plus web sites.