AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE SLEEPING PATTERNS OF YOUTH SOCCER PLAYERS DURING THE COMPETITIVE SEASON
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description: Sleep is a recurring state that is considered a critical process in the optimal attainment of daily functions and recovery in athletes. However individuals from elite sports, such as soccer, may be exposed to a number of situations that may impact sleep within the competitive season (such as inconsistent schedules and travel), which may result in sub-optimal sleeping patterns. However, research documenting the sleep of soccer players is at present limited. Therefore it would seem important to investigate how soccer players sleep to further the understanding of how sleep may be impacted. On this basis, the aim of the current thesis was to examine the typical sleeping patterns of youth soccer players and the factors effecting sleep. This was completed through a series of investigations conducted during the competitive youth soccer season. The aim of the first study (Chapter 3) was to validate a commercially available wireless sleep-monitoring device (WS). This was done in an attempt to provide a viable methodology to measure sleep within the habitual environment of soccer players. Nine randomly selected male participants were monitored over 3 nights and comparisons were made between the WS and other established field measures of sleep (Wristwatch actigraphy, sleep diary and Firstbeat bodyguard heart rate system). The relationships between the WS and the other sleep devices, indicated strong to very strong correlations (r > 0.6) and no significant differences between a range of outputs; total sleep time (Actigraphy assumed sleep time [0.97] & Sleep Diary [0.87] p > 0.05), sleep onset latency (Actigraphy [0.69] p > 0.05) and number of awakenings (Sleep Diary [0.69], p > 0.05). There were also low bias and narrow limits of agreement (LOA) within the comparison of mean differences with the WS for assumed sleep time (2 ± 17 min 95% LOA: -30 to 34 min [Actigraphy]), sleep onset latency (7 ± 17 min, 95% LOA -28 to 40 min [Actigraphy]), and number of awakenings (0.05 ± 1, 95%…
abstract: Sleep is a recurring state that is considered a critical process in the optimal attainment of daily functions and recovery in athletes. However individuals from elite sports, such as soccer, may be exposed to a number of situations that may impact sleep within the competitive season (such as inconsistent schedules and travel), which may result in sub-optimal sleeping patterns. However, research documenting the sleep of soccer players is at present limited. Therefore it would seem important to investigate how soccer players sleep to further the understanding of how sleep may be impacted. On this basis, the aim of the current thesis was to examine the typical sleeping patterns of youth soccer players and the factors effecting sleep. This was completed through a series of investigations conducted during the competitive youth soccer season. The aim of the first study (Chapter 3) was to validate a commercially available wireless sleep-monitoring device (WS). This was done in an attempt to provide a viable methodology to measure sleep within the habitual environment of soccer players. Nine randomly selected male participants were monitored over 3 nights and comparisons were made between the WS and other established field measures of sleep (Wristwatch actigraphy, sleep diary and Firstbeat bodyguard heart rate system). The relationships between the WS and the other sleep devices, indicated strong to very strong correlations (r > 0.6) and no significant differences between a range of outputs; total sleep time (Actigraphy assumed sleep time [0.97] & Sleep Diary [0.87] p > 0.05), sleep onset latency (Actigraphy [0.69] p > 0.05) and number of awakenings (Sleep Diary [0.69], p > 0.05). There were also low bias and narrow limits of agreement (LOA) within the comparison of mean differences with the WS for assumed sleep time (2 ± 17 min 95% LOA: -30 to 34 min [Actigraphy]), sleep onset latency (7 ± 17 min, 95% LOA -28 to 40 min [Actigraphy]), and number of awakenings (0.05 ± 1, 95%…
author: Turner, C
keywords: RC1200 Sports Medicine
date published: 2016-10
date modified: 2026-07-24T06:30:03Z
provider: Liverpool Jon Moores University
publisher: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
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source organization: Liverpool John Moores University

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value: 10.24377/LJMU.t.00004888