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Effect of Sleep Hygiene and Sleep Extension on Performance in Soccer Players

NCT06551935 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 33

Last updated 2025-03-10

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Summary

Sleep is essential for recovery and performance in athletes, yet they often struggle with inadequate sleep duration and quality. Theoretically, strategies such as sleep extension and sleep hygiene could improve sleep and subsequent recovery in athletes, but their effectiveness remains largely unstudied in the literature. This study aimed to analyze the effects of sleep extension and sleep hygiene on physical and cognitive performance in soccer players.

Conditions

  • Sleep Extension
  • Sleep Hygiene
  • Athletic Performance

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Habitual sleep habits without intervention

Sleep habits maintenance

BEHAVIORAL

Sleep extension and sleep hygiene

Players will extend their time in bed by 25%, based on their baseline sleep, and adopt sleep hygiene behaviors: relatively fixed sleep schedule; do not lie in bed awake for long periods of time; no caffeine and no alcohol prior to bedtime; avoid heavy meals close to bedtime; sleep environment cool, dark and quiet; low exposure to screen lights before bedtime, only with nightshift mode and low luminosity (avoid high cognitive demanded activities, like gaming); low luminosity near to bedtime; ensure adequate exposure to light in the morning.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Maia

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
MALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-08-20
Primary Completion
2024-09-20
Completion
2025-02-06

Countries

  • Portugal

Study Locations

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