Quality and Quantity of Sleep Study and its Relationship to the Performance of LPGA Tour Players

<p>The relationship between sleep efficiency and elite level athletic performance that has a definitive and individual measure of performance (like golf, track, & swimming) has never been systematically studied. The extreme and rigorous travel schedules of professional golfers prevent consistent and necessary sleep schedules. The Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) permitted <a href="http://search.proquest.com.ezproxy.libproxy.db.erau.edu/pqdtglobal/docview/1467452048/abstract/F3C6B2811DB7468CPQ/1?accountid=27203#">Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University</a> (ERAU) to ask for volunteers at two tournaments during October of 2010 to complete subjective sleep fatigue logs. Analysis of the sleep fatigue logs revealed a relationship between sleep quality and performance (golf score). Subsequent relationships were also found between subjective fatigue and sleep quality, and subjective fatigue and performance. These results could have important implications for athletes and others who require consistently skilled performance in the course of their duties; particularly for those individuals that are subjected to extreme travel schedules, extended work shifts or extreme work environments.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Science in Human Factors & Systems

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis - Open Access

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Human Factors and Systems

Year

2012

Author dc:creator

• Lopez, Maria Elena

• sleep
• athletic performance
• LPGA
• Cognitive Psychology

Repository record dc:identifier

https://commons.erau.edu/edt/95

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:commons.erau.edu:edt-1094