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Impact of short- compared to long-haul international travel on the sleep and wellbeing of national wheelchair basketball athletes
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posted on 2020-01-16, 14:28 authored by Heidi R. Thornton, Joanna Miller, Lee TaylorLee Taylor, Charli Sargent, Michele Lastella, Peter M. FowlerCurrently, very little is known about the impact of short- or long-haul air travel on the sleep and wellbeing of wheelchair basketball athletes. Eleven national wheelchair basketball athletes wore actigraphy monitors prior, during, and after air travel to the United Kingdom. Upon arrival, participants rated their subjective jet-lag, fatigue, and vigor. Individuals traveled to the United Kingdom from different locations in Australia, the United States, and Europe and were categorised according to travel length [LONG (up to 30.2 h) or SHORT (up to 6.5 h)]. Linear mixed models determined effects of travel length on sleep and subjective ratings of jet-lag, fatigue, and vigor. During competition, subjective fatigue and jet-lag were substantially higher (ES = 0.73; ±0.77) and (ES = 0.57; ±0.60), subjective vigor was lower (ES = 1.94; ±0.72), and get-up time was earlier (ES = 0.57; ±0.60) for LONG when compared to SHORT. Travelling greater distances by airplane had a larger effect on subjective ratings of jet-lag, fatigue and vigor, rather than sleep. Irrespective of travel group, sleep and subjective responses were compromised, reflecting the travel requirements, competition-mediated influences, and/or due to a change in environment.
History
School
- Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences
Published in
Journal of Sports SciencesVolume
36Issue
13Pages
1476 - 1484Publisher
Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis GroupVersion
- VoR (Version of Record)
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© Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis GroupPublisher statement
This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Sports Sciences on 3 November 2017, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/02640414.2017.1398883.Acceptance date
2017-10-24Publication date
2017-11-03Copyright date
2017ISSN
0264-0414eISSN
1466-447XPublisher version
Language
- en