Sleep medication and athletic performance : the evidence for practitioners and future research directions

Lee Taylor; Bryna C. P. Chrismas; Ben Dascombe; Karim Chamari; Peter M. Fowler

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Sleep medication and athletic performance : the evidence for practitioners and future research directions

Lee Taylor, Bryna C. P. Chrismas, Ben Dascombe, Karim Chamari, Peter M. Fowler

Western Sydney University

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Sleep is a restorative circadian process underpinned by numerous interrelated biological processes (Brown et al., 2012; Goel et al., 2013; Zeitzer, 2013; Vyazovskiy and Delogu, 2014). Specifically, biological rhythms in core temperature, blood pressure, immune function as well as melatonin, and other hormones demonstrate an intricate relationship with sleep (Zisapel, 2007). Therefore, whilst sufficient sleep [7–9 h is recommended by the National Sleep Foundation (NSF) for adults (Hirshkowitz et al., 2015)] facilitates an optimal internal temporal order, an increased risk of poor quality of life, morbidity, and mortality (Zisapel, 2007) are seen with insufficient sleep (<6 h is not recommended by the NSF for adults), which is currently a concern in both the general population and athletes (Halson, 2015).

Original language	English
Article number	83
Number of pages	5
Journal	Frontiers in Physiology
Volume	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2016.00083
Publication status	Published - 2016

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