The effect of interstate travel on the sleep patterns and performance of elite Australian Rules footballers

Louise K. Richmond; Brian Dawson; Glenn Stewart; Stuart Cormack; David R. Hillman; Peter R. Eastwood

doi:10.1016/j.jsams.2007.03.002

Back

The effect of interstate travel on the sleep patterns and performance of elite Australian Rules footballers

Journal article

Peer reviewed

The effect of interstate travel on the sleep patterns and performance of elite Australian Rules footballers

Louise K. Richmond, Brian Dawson, Glenn Stewart, Stuart Cormack, David R. Hillman and Peter R. Eastwood

Journal of science and medicine in sport, Vol.10(4), pp.252-258

2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsams.2007.03.002

PMID: 17524795

Files and links (1)

url

PublishedView

Published (Version of Record)

Abstract

Actigraphy

Sleep quality

Game performance

Australian rules football

This study examined the effect of interstate travel on sleep patterns and game performance of elite Australian Rules footballers. Nineteen members of a Western Australian-based Australian Football League team participated in the study during the 2004 season. Sleep was assessed on the night before home and away games by measuring sleep duration (SLD), sleep efficiency (SLE), wake time (WT) and number of wakings (NW) via actigraphy. Subjective sleep quality was assessed using a sleep rating (SR) scale. Baseline sleep measurements were obtained over four consecutive non-game nights. Game performance was assessed using a coach's rating (CR) scale and impact ranking (IR) and by player statistics including frequency of possessions (P) and frequency of possessions and team assists (PTA). Compared to baseline, SLD was greater on the nights before home and away games (by 48 and 39 min, respectively, p < 0.05). Other sleep measures were unchanged. Sleep rating was poorer before away than home games (p < 0.05). CR and IR were greater during home than away games (p < 0.05). All other measures of performance were similar at home and away. These results show that prior interstate travel has minimal effect on sleep quality and game performance in elite footballers.

Details

Title: The effect of interstate travel on the sleep patterns and performance of elite Australian Rules footballers
Authors/Creators: Louise K. Richmond - The University of Western Australia
Brian Dawson - The University of Western Australia
Glenn Stewart - West Coast Eagles Football Club, Western Australia, Australia
Stuart Cormack - West Coast Eagles Football Club, Western Australia, Australia
David R. Hillman - West Australian Sleep Disorders Research Institute
Peter R. Eastwood - West Australian Sleep Disorders Research Institute
Publication Details: Journal of science and medicine in sport, Vol.10(4), pp.252-258
Publisher: Elsevier Ltd
Identifiers: 991005591570707891
Murdoch Affiliation: Vice Chancellery
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article

UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

This output has contributed to the advancement of the following goals:

Source: InCites

Metrics

14 Record Views

59 Times Cited - Web of Science

InCites Highlights

These are selected metrics from InCites Benchmarking & Analytics tool, related to this output

Collaboration types: Domestic collaboration
Citation topics: 1 Clinical & Life Sciences; 1.137 Sleep Science & Circadian Systems; 1.137.349 Insomnia
Web Of Science research areas: Sport Sciences
ESI research areas: Clinical Medicine