As the Summer 2024 Olympics continue to captivate audiences worldwide, the world’s top athletes are delivering awe-inspiring performances. While their feats of strength, speed, and endurance are on full display, another critical factor is at work behind the scenes: sleep. Researchers have been at the forefront of investigating how sleep impacts athletic performance, and their research is more relevant than ever as athletes strive for Olympic glory. The SRS remains committed to advancing our understanding of sleep’s role in athletic performance, ensuring that athletes worldwide have the knowledge they need to achieve their full potential. Check out the research linked to articles from the journals SLEEP and SLEEP Advances below:
- Sleep is of the muscle, by the muscle, and for the muscle
- Daytime naps improve afternoon power and perceptual measures in elite rugby union athletes—a randomized cross-over trial
- Acute evening high-intensity interval training may attenuate the detrimental effects of sleep restriction on long-term declarative memory
- Is it wiser to train in the afternoon or the early evening to sleep better? The role of chronotype in young adolescent athletes
- Muscle injury induces an increase in total and non-rapid eye movement sleep time
- Sleep efficiency and the metabolic risk score in very active older women and men
- Sleep deprivation reduces vagal tone during an inspiratory endurance task in humans
- Effects of six weeks of chronic sleep restriction with weekend recovery on cognitive performance and wellbeing in high-performing adults
- Sleep and mental health in athletes during COVID-19 lockdown
- The circadian system modulates the rate of recovery of systolic blood pressure after exercise in humans
- The Impact of Circadian Misalignment on Athletic Performance in Professional Football Players
- Does Obstructive Sleep Apnea Impair the Cardiopulmonary Response to Exercise?
- Sleep Restriction Decreases the Physical Activity of Adults at Risk for Type 2 Diabetes
- The Effects of Sleep Extension on the Athletic Performance of Collegiate Basketball Players
- Sleep-Disordered Breathing in the National Football League
- Attenuated Heart Rate Recovery Following Exercise Testing in Overweight Young Men with Untreated Obstructive Sleep Apnea
- Circadian Rhythm Sleep Disorders: Part I, Basic Principles, Shift Work and Jet Lag Disorders
- Effect of Travel and Rest on Performance of Professional Basketball Players
- Orcadian Rhythms and Enhanced Athletic Performance in the National Football League
- The Effects of Acute Exercise on Sleep: A Quantitative Synthesis
- A Randomized Controlled Trial of the Effect of Exercise on Sleep
