RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 P-21 Subjective sleep quality in elite womens international soccer players prior to an international match
JF British Journal of Sports Medicine
JO Br J Sports Med
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Association of Sport and Exercise Medicine
SP A42
OP A42
DO 10.1136/bjsports-2016-097120.74
VO 50
IS Suppl 1
A1 McKenna, Michael M
A1 White, Andrew D
A1 Boyce, Stephen H
A1 Davies, Oliver GD
A1 Dixon, Mark W
A1 Elliott, Niall
YR 2016
UL http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/50/Suppl_1/A42.2.abstract
AB Aim Sleep has been found to have many recuperative and restorative effects on an athlete’s recovery and preparation for a match. In international soccer it is common that players have to sleep in unfamiliar locations (e.g. hotel) prior to matches however little is known about the quality of sleep achieved in a hotel compared with at home.Method 21 female international soccer player’s sleep quality was monitored in the weeks before and during four different domestic international camp’s with the use of a mobile application that was filled out each morning immediately after awakening. The sleep quality was a 10-point scale with 1 being negative and 10 being positive. For differences in sleep quality, an independent t-test was used to compare means. Statistical significance was set at p < 0.05.Results There was no significant difference when comparing sleep quality at home with that of in a hotel in the lead up to a women’s home international soccer match (7.44 ± 1.32 vs. 7.36 ± 1.16, p = 0.39).Conclusion The findings of the present study indicate that the subjective sleep quality of female soccer players is not reduced in a hotel prior to a domestic international match and is not compromising recovery and preparation for the match. Further research is required to determine whether this is the same for away international fixtures.