Research summary · Recovery and rehabilitation
Sleep in athletes: an individual approach
Recommendations for understanding athlete sleep needs and the sporting factors that can disrupt them.
- Publication year
- 2021
- Publication type
- Narrative review and expert consensus
- Journal
- British Journal of Sports Medicine
- Population / context
- All sports
What the publication reports
The expert group recommends considering each athlete's perceived sleep needs. It also identifies gaps in intervention trials, including sport-specific performance, strength outcomes and the effects of repeated sleep restriction.
Limits and interpretation
This is a narrative review with expert recommendations. It does not establish a single sleep duration or intervention that is optimal for every athlete.
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Original publication / indexed recordDOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2020-102025Reader discussion
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