What is it about?
To analyse whether exercise training conducted at night disturbs sleep and affects nocturnal cardiac autonomic control in high-level female athletes.
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Why is it important?
Several athletes train or compete during the late evening. For instance, high-level female soccer players habitually train at very late hours (21:00 h), close to bedtime sleep, due to their daily life commitments (e.g., job, university) which need to be reconciled with training schedules.
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Our observational analysis in sleep and nocturnal HRV characteristics of elite female soccer players can assist coaches and practitioners to identify sleep and HRV disturbances during official seasons, especially during periods of late-night training sessions, close to bedtime.
Dr. Júlio Alejandro Henriques Costa
Faculty of sports, University of Porto
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This page is a summary of: Does Night-Training Load Affect Sleep Patterns and Nocturnal Cardiac Autonomic Activity in High-Level Female Soccer Players?, International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance, December 2018, Human Kinetics,
DOI: 10.1123/ijspp.2018-0652.
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