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1. Name:
2. Name
4. Name
Rayyan 3. Name:
Yiming
Afraz
Izz
5. Name:
GPP Research Question How does sleep affect an athletes performance in sports?
Student
No.
1.
Title of
Research Paper
The Effect of Sleep
Quality and
Quantity on
Athlete's Health
and Perceived
Training Quality
Research Question
Methodology or
Approach
Main Findings or
Main Idea
-On average, male
athletes slept for 8.2
± 1.0 h/night while
female athletes slept
on average 8.2 ± 1.1
h/night. Similarly,
average perceived
sleep quality was
comparable between
female and male
athletes (3.6 ± 0.8
and 3.6 ± 0.8,
respectively).
-Sleep duration
and sleep quality,
subjective
measures of
wellness along
with training
loads were
retrospectively
investigated in 82
young athletes
How does sleep
during their
patterns change over
academic year at
the academic year
university. ALL
and how it affects
data was colected
the athletes?
-Sleep duration
through the
during the year
metifit application
fluctuated around 8
h per night until the
-All participants
athletes were sent
were young elite
home due to the
athletes (18–23
COVID-19 pandemic.
years old)
Once athletes
selected for agereturned to
group regional or
university in the
national
second semester,
Limitations
in this article
-Sleep quality is
harder to
measure. They
based the quality
off of the
amount of sleep
and the athletes
performance in
training and how
they felt.
-The young
athletes’ might
still be
undergoing
changes to
adulthood.
Furthermore,
optimal sleep
quantity and
quality will differ
greatly for every
athlete.
Conclusions
Elite young
athletes
undertaking
university
studies have
unique
stressors
including the
double-burden
of performing
on the sports
field and in
the classroom,
sport-specific
stressors such
as the psychophysiological
stress
associated
with their
sport
participation.
When athletes
experienced
higher quality
Relevance to your
research
This research
focuses on younger
athletes which is
also what this study
would like to focus
on instead of more
mature athletes. It
is also quite specific
and gives reliable
and accurate
information as well
as conclusions. The
study is ethical and
does not trouble
the athletes too
much so it is an
effective way of
gathering
information. We
can replicate the
ideas from this
study to gather
information for this
study.
representative
honors.
-All subjects gave
their written
informed consent
in accordance
with the
Declaration of
Helsinki. The
protocol was
approved by the
University's
Human Ethics
Committee.
-Participant
characteristics are
presented in
Table 1. Body
mass, reported in
kg
2. Height (to the
nearest 0.1 cm)
sleep duration was
maintained between
8.1 and 8.4 h/night.
-On days that male
athletes got more
than 8h of sleep,
they showed small
to moderate
improvements in
mood state, sleep
quality and energy
levels. For female
athletes that got
mroe than 8h of
sleep, they showed
small to moderate
improvements in
sleep and training
quality, mood state
and energy levels.
-When athletes slept
≥8 h per night they
were less likely to
suffer injury/illness
-There was a wide
cross-section of
sports
- Higher sleep quality
represented
decreased risk of
including rugby
injuries or illness
union (n = 28),
netball (n = 11),
basketball (n =
13), cricket (n = 8),
field hockey (n =
13), athletics (n =
-Athletes were
taken from a big
variety of sports
that will have
differing needs.
The study should
be more sportspecific.
sleep, it
resulted in
improved
mood state,
higher energy
levels, lower
academic
pressure, and
a higher
perceived
training
quality. As
opposed to
less sleeping
duration,
athletes
experience
poorer quality
of sleep,
reduced
subjective
feeling of
wellness, and
increased risk
of illness and
injury.
3), rowing (n = 2),
and others (n = 4).