Sleep and Sport
Physical Performance, Mental Performance, Injury Prevention, and Competitive Advantage for Athletes, Coaches, and Trainers
- 1st Edition - July 7, 2024
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Editors: Michael A. Grandner, Amy B. Athey
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 2 2 9 6 9 - 9
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 2 3 1 0 9 - 8
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The relationship between sleep and both mental and physical performance in athletes has become a key issue over the past several years. Sleep and Sport: Physical Performance, Mental Performance, Injury Prevention, and Competitive Advantage for Athletes, Coaches, and Trainers aims to synthesize the growing scientific evidence in this area to help researchers, clinicians, and others interested in sport to understand the fundamentals of sleep health and how these factors relate to athletes. Serving as an important bridge between the sleep and athletics field, this book educates sleep professionals about how their field of expertise relates to various aspects of athletics, while educating sports professionals about the basics of sleep and how it relates to their field of expertise. This is accomplished by explaining some of the basics of sleep health; reviewing the literature on sleep disorders, treatments, and risk factors for athletes; discussing ways that sleep health impacts physical and mental performance; and addressing key specific areas where these fields overlap. In all cases, this text will draw from the existing peer-reviewed literature, in order to provide evidence-based guidance that is objective and well explained.
The relationship between sleep and both mental and physical performance in athletes has become a key issue over the past several years. Sleep and Sport: Physical Performance, Mental Performance, Injury Prevention, and Competitive Advantage for Athletes, Coaches, and Trainers aims to synthesize the growing scientific evidence in this area to help researchers, clinicians, and others interested in sport to understand the fundamentals of sleep health and how these factors relate to athletes. Serving as an important bridge between the sleep and athletics field, this book educates sleep professionals about how their field of expertise relates to various aspects of athletics, while educating sports professionals about the basics of sleep and how it relates to their field of expertise. This is accomplished by explaining some of the basics of sleep health; reviewing the literature on sleep disorders, treatments, and risk factors for athletes; discussing ways that sleep health impacts physical and mental performance; and addressing key specific areas where these fields overlap. In all cases, this text will draw from the existing peer-reviewed literature, in order to provide evidence-based guidance that is objective and well explained.
- Highlights the importance of sleep and its relations to various aspects of athletics
- Provide useful, actionable, evidence-based suggestions for promoting sleep health in athletes
- Contains accessible reviews that point to relevant literature in often-overlooked areas, serving as a helpful guide to all relevant information on this broad topic area
Sleep medicine researchers, pulmonary medicine researchers, sleep medicine physicians, sports medicine physicians, sports science researchers, performance psychologists, exercise physiology, behavioral medicine, Athletics professionals interested in learning more about sleep, including athletics trainers, coaches, other professionals, and athletes themselves, Psychiatry, public health, kinesiology, physical therapy, occupational therapy
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contributors
- Preface
- Chapter 1. Basics of sleep–wake physiology for athletes and sports professionals
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Conclusion
- Chapter 2. Basics of circadian rhythms: Essentials for athletes and sport professionals
- 1. Fundamentals of circadian rhythms
- 2. Components of biological rhythms
- 3. Genetics greatly influence circadian rhythms
- 4. Entrainment to the environment is crucial
- 5. Peripheral clocks and their rhythms
- 6. Circadian disruptions and disease
- 7. Aging and the circadian code
- 8. Introduction to circadian rhythms in athletic performance
- 9. Summary and conclusions
- Chapter 3. Basics of sleep problems and sleep disorders for athletes and sport professionals
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Insufficient sleep quantity
- 3. Sleep disorders
- 4. Conclusions
- Chapter 4. Sleep problems in athletes: Prevalence and causes
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Prevalence of sleep problems in athletes
- 3. Causes of insufficient sleep
- 4. Conclusion
- Chapter 5. Assessment of sleep in athletes
- 1. Assessment of sleep in athletes
- 2. Methods of assessment
- 3. Sleep, health, and performance—Additional considerations and recommendations
- 4. Conclusion
- Disclaimer
- Chapter 6. Screening for sleep disorders in athletes
- 1. Introduction
- Chapter 7. Sleep and physical performance in athletes
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Sleep restriction
- 3. Effects of sleep restriction
- 4. Sleep deprivation
- 5. Effects of sleep deprivation
- 6. Sleep extension
- 7. Effects of acute sleep extension
- 8. Effects of chronic sleep extension
- 9. Summary
- 10. Practical application
- Chapter 8. Sleep and cognitive performance in athletes
- 1. Cognition in athletes
- 2. The role of sleep in cognition among nonathletes
- 3. Sleep and cognition in athletes
- 4. Impact of sleep interventions on cognition in athletes
- 5. Conclusion
- Chapter 9. Sleep and mental health in athletes
- 1. Mental health in athletes
- 2. Sleep “quality”
- 3. Sleep “disturbance”
- 4. Sleep duration
- 5. Insomnia and insomnia symptoms
- 6. Excessive daytime sleepiness symptoms (aka hypersomnolence)
- 7. Circadian misalignment symptoms
- 8. Sleep disordered breathing symptoms
- 9. Restless legs syndrome and periodic limb movement disorder symptoms
- 10. Nightmares disorder symptoms
- 11. Clinical implications, performance implications, and future directions
- Chapter 10. Sleep and recovery
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Physical recovery
- 3. Cognitive and psychological recovery
- 4. Mild traumatic brain injuries
- 5. Summary of recovery in sport
- Chapter 11. Sleep and injury prevention in athletes
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Reviewing the evidence
- 3. Potential mechanisms
- 4. Moving forward
- 5. Conclusions
- Chapter 12. Circadian advantages in elite athletes
- 1. Scope of the problem
- 2. Sleep and training times in aerobic athletes
- 3. Sleep and training times in anaerobic athletes
- 4. Game day and travel schedules
- 5. Conclusions
- Chapter 13. Strategic napping
- 1. Overview
- 2. Napping characteristics in athletes
- 3. Effects of napping
- 4. Considerations when implementing napping for athletes
- 5. Strategic napping recommendations summary
- Chapter 14. Sleep, nutrition, and supplements: Implications for athletes
- 1. What is a supplement
- 2. Caffeine
- 3. Melatonin
- 4. Creatine
- 5. Beta-alanine
- 6. Magnesium
- 7. Chrononutrition
- 8. Dietary patterns—Athletes and sleep
- 9. Tart cherries
- 10. Conclusion
- Chapter 15. Managing travel and jetlag in athletes
- 1. Why do we need to consider travel and jet lag and its impact on sleep?
- 2. Introduction
- 3. Interventions
- 4. Planning the trip in detail
- 5. Caffeine, melatonin, and sleep medications
- Chapter 16. Wearables and sleep tracking in athletics programs
- 1. Introduction
- 2. History of actigraphic sleep measurement
- 3. Overview of standard actigraphic devices
- 4. Overview of next-generation wearables
- 5. Other categories of consumer sleep technology
- 6. Applications of actigraphy
- 7. Limitations in actigraphic sleep measurement
- 8. Applications to athletics
- 9. Conclusions
- Chapter 17. Sleep and circadian health promotion programs for athletes
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Guideline documents
- 3. Different types of programs
- 4. Sleep hygiene recommendations
- 5. Assessment of sleep and circadian health
- 6. Identification and management of sleep disorders
- 7. Education and culture
- 8. Optimization and competitive advantage
- 9. Managing travel and jetlag for performance
- 10. Conclusions
- Chapter 18. Resources and further reading
- 1. Interassociation consensus document: Best practices for understanding and supporting student-athlete mental wellness (NCAA best practices)
- 2. NCAA mind, body, and sport: Understanding and supporting student-athlete mental wellness
- 3. Mental health in elite athletes: International Olympic Committee consensus statement
- 4. Wake up call for collegiate athlete sleep: Narrative review and consensus recommendations from the NCAA interassociation consensus statement on sleep and wellness
- 5. Sleep and the athlete: Narrative review and 2021 expert consensus recommendations
- 6. Sleep and health among collegiate student athletes review
- 7. Sleep and athletic performance: Impacts on physical performance, mental performance, injury risk and recovery, and mental health
- 8. International classification of sleep disorders
- 9. Principles and Practice of Sleep Medicine
- 10. Sleep and health
- 11. American Academy of Sleep Medicine
- 12. Sleep Research Society
- 13. Society of Behavioral Sleep Medicine
- 14. Mental health care for elite athletes
- 15. The Science of Sleep
- 16. Cognitive behavioral treatment of insomnia
- 17. Treatment plans and interventions for insomnia
- 18. Behavioral treatments for sleep disorders
- 19. Adapting cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia
- 20. Quiet Your Mind and Get to Sleep
- 21. CBTIweb
- 22. Essential Topics in Sleep, Sport, and Human Performance
- 23. ProjectREST Videos
- Index
- Edition: 1
- Published: July 7, 2024
- No. of pages (Paperback): 356
- No. of pages (eBook): 360
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128229699
- eBook ISBN: 9780128231098
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Michael A. Grandner
Dr. Michael Grandner is a licensed clinical psychologist, Director of the Sleep and Heath Research Program at the University of Arizona, and Director of the Behavioral Sleep Medicine Clinic at the Banner-University Medical Center in Tucson, AZ. His work focuses on translational sleep research and Behavioral Sleep Medicine, including studies of sleep as a domain of health behavior and the development and implementation of behavioral interventions for insufficient sleep and sleep disorders. Specific areas of focus include: (1) Downstream cardiovascular, metabolic, and behavioral health outcomes associated with habitual sleep duration and/or insufficient sleep, (2) Upstream social, behavioral, and biological determinants of habitual sleep duration, insufficient sleep, and poor sleep quality, and (3) Development and implementation of behavioral interventions for sleep as a domain of health behavior.
Affiliations and expertise
The University of Arizona, Banner-University Medical Center, USA.AA
Amy B. Athey
Dr. Athey earned a doctorate degree in clinical psychology from Loyola College in Maryland and has taught undergraduate and graduate courses in university departments of kinesiology and psychology, respectively. She also received her Bachelor in Business Administration from Roanoke College, where she was an All-American basketball player and inducted into the RC Athletics Hall of Fame.
Affiliations and expertise
Executive Director, Student Wellness and Retention, University of Arizona’s Student Success and Retention Innovation, USARead Sleep and Sport on ScienceDirect