Cameron , Mitch, and Bird, Stephen P. (2015) Sleep monitoring in elite athletes: a brief review of smartphone applications and recommendations. Journal of Australian Strength and Conditioning, 23 (5). pp. 62-72.

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Abstract

The increased training demands placed on elite athletes are well established. As such, monitoring recovery as a means of managing and decreasing the risk of non-functional overreaching and overtraining is common, the importance of monitoring sleep variables is still widely overlooked. Adequate sleep quality and quantity is essential for the necessary psychological and physiological recovery from cumulative training stimuli. However little is known regarding the objective sleep characteristics of elite athletes. While several methods are currently available to monitoring both subjective and objective sleep variables, many are considered somewhat invasive, expensive, and labour intrusive, and hence not practical to be implemented in an elite sport environment. A PubMed search including the following keywords in different combinations: 'sleep', 'sleep loss', 'sleep deprivation', 'sleep extension', 'recovery', 'fatigue', 'training', 'stress', 'travel', 'nap', and 'smartphones' was used, with all titles and abstracts carefully read and relevant articles retrieved for review. This review outlines the effects of acute and chronic sleep deprivation on physical, cognitive and performance outcomes; and presents newly developed Smartphone applications for monitoring sleep variables which can be effectively implemented in an elite sport environment. The role of sleep in recovery is a complex phenomenon, however in a practical sense; monitoring sleep through the use of Smartphone technology may allow various sleep variables to be monitored accurately and easily. Such data may assist to identify athletes that require sleep hygiene education, and this may assist recovery and enhance performance. Therefore, Smartphone technology could assist athletes in achieving a 'competitive edge' through improving one of the most efficacious recovery strategies available, that of sleep.

Item ID:	39365
Item Type:	Article (Research - C1)
ISSN:	1836-649X
Keywords:	sleep; recovery; athletic performance; monitoring, overtraining
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Date Deposited:	09 Jul 2015 03:38
FoR Codes:	11 MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES > 1106 Human Movement and Sports Science > 110602 Exercise Physiology @ 50% 11 MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES > 1106 Human Movement and Sports Science > 110699 Human Movement and Sports Science not elsewhere classified @ 50%
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