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Sleep, circadian rhythms, and athletic performance
Thun E., Bjorvatn B., Flo E., Harris A., Pallesen S.
Sleep Medicine Reviews · 2015
External published research · Published literature
Research type
Narrative review
Discipline
Human Performance Sciences
Level of evidence
Narrative review
DOI
10.1016/j.smrv.2014.11.003
Topics
Sleep & Recovery
What the study reports
A review of sleep, circadian rhythm and athletic performance, covering time-of-day effects on physical output, the cost of curtailed sleep, and travel disruption. Evidence quality across the underlying studies varies.
The PROMACHOS reading
Performance has a clock. Scheduling demanding technical work against circadian reality, and treating travel as a physiological event, is a coaching decision rather than an administrative one.
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