Sleep Quality Impacts Training Responses and Performance in Elite Swimmers.
Publication/Presentation Date
12-1-2025
Abstract
High-quality sleep is necessary for optimal health and promoting recovery from training, contributing to sport performance. Research suggests a high prevalence of poor sleep duration and quality in athletes. Reduced sleep duration has been shown to be deleterious to performance, but less is known about sleep quality and its relationship to training responses and performance. In 26 elite male (n = 10) and female (n = 16) collegiate swimmers, we assessed sleep quality (sleep duration (hrs), sleep debt (hrs), slow-wave sleep (SWS
Volume
25
Issue
12
First Page
70090
Last Page
70090
ISSN
1536-7290
Published In/Presented At
Lundstrom, E. A., De Souza, M. J., Conklin, M. E., & Williams, N. I. (2025). Sleep Quality Impacts Training Responses and Performance in Elite Swimmers. European journal of sport science, 25(12), e70090. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsc.70090
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
41290517
Department(s)
Medical Education
Document Type
Article