Can sleep hygiene interventions affect strength and power outcomes for female athletes?

Gooderick, J., Wood, T., Abbott, W., Clash, R., Hayes, M. and Maxwell, N. (2024) Can sleep hygiene interventions affect strength and power outcomes for female athletes? Sport Sciences for Health, 21 (1). pp. 205-215. ISSN 1825-1234

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Abstract

Improved sleep can enhance sprint, endurance, and sports-specific skills; however, it is yet to be investigated whether improved sleep indices could enhance strength and power performance. Sleep hygiene (SH) is growing in popularity as a tool to enhance sleep indices amongst athletic cohorts, yet the optimal delivery strategy of sleep hygiene education is yet to be determined. Using a randomised, controlled design with repeated measures, this study recruited 34 female footballers playing in WSL or WSL academy league. Participants were split into 3 groups: one receiving both group-based and individualised sleep hygiene education, one receiving only group-based SH education and a control group receiving no education. Monitoring of sleep (actigraphy, diaries) and physical performance (countermovement jump, isometric mid-thigh pull) was carried out at week 1, week 4 and week 7. Split-plot ANOVAs were used to assess for differences between groups × weeks, and groups × time. Individualised sleep hygiene education resulted in significantly improved sleep duration (p = 0.005), latency (p = 0.006) and efficiency (p = 0.004) at week 7 compared to controls, whilst also resulting in significantly improved countermovement jump scores (p = 0.001) compared to control. Results of this study suggest that jump performance may be affected by sleep factors, and that individualised SH may be superior to group-based SH, providing information to coaches regarding training optimisation and the efficacy of SH education methods.

Publication Type: Articles
Uncontrolled Keywords: countermovement jump, female athletes, sleep hygiene, sleep, strength
Subjects: B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GV Recreation Leisure > GV201 Physical education and training
G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GV Recreation Leisure > GV557 Sports
G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GV Recreation Leisure > GV557 Sports > GV711 Coaching
R Medicine > RC Internal medicine > RC0321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry
Divisions: Academic Areas > Institute of Sport
Research Entities > Centre for Health and Allied Sport and Exercise Science Research (CHASER)
SWORD Depositor: Publications Router Jisc
Depositing User: Publications Router Jisc
Date Deposited: 09 Apr 2025 09:22
Last Modified: 09 Apr 2025 09:22
URI: https://eprints.chi.ac.uk/id/eprint/8027

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