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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Sleep Sci 2022; 15(03): 305-311
DOI: 10.5935/1984-0063.20220055
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The sleep as a predictor of musculoskeletal injuries in adolescent athletes

Fernanda Viegas
1   Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Sports Department - Belo Horizonte - Minas Gerais - Brazil
,
Juliana Melo Ocarino
2   Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Physiotherapy Department - Belo Horizonte - Minas Gerais - Brazil
,
Luísa de Sousa Freitas
1   Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Sports Department - Belo Horizonte - Minas Gerais - Brazil
,
Marina Costa Pinto
2   Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Physiotherapy Department - Belo Horizonte - Minas Gerais - Brazil
,
Lucas Alves Facundo
1   Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Sports Department - Belo Horizonte - Minas Gerais - Brazil
,
Adriana Souza Amaral
1   Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Sports Department - Belo Horizonte - Minas Gerais - Brazil
,
Samuel Silva
2   Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Physiotherapy Department - Belo Horizonte - Minas Gerais - Brazil
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Marco Túlio de Mello
1   Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Sports Department - Belo Horizonte - Minas Gerais - Brazil
,
Andressa Silva 
1   Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Sports Department - Belo Horizonte - Minas Gerais - Brazil
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Objectives Sleep is essential for musculoskeletal and cognitive recovery. Adolescent athletes tend to sleep poorly compared to adults and it may predispose them to sports injuries. Our aims are to estimate whether the quantity/quality of sleep are associated with sports injuries in adolescent athletes and to compare the quantity/quality of sleep between the training and competition seasons, and the school vacation period.

Material and Methods It was a cohort study with 19 track and field athletes of both sexes, aged between 12 and 21 years. We evaluated their sleep-wake habit through actigraphy during three phases: 1 - mid-season, 2 - competition, and 3 - school vacation. The previous six months injury history and the occurrence of injuries in a six-month follow-up were recorded. Logistic regression and variance analysis were performed. The significance level used was 0.05.

Results Wake after sleep onset (WASO) predicted previous injuries (OR=1.144) and time awake (TA) predicted injury occurrence (OR=0.974). TA decreased from phase 2 to phase 3 (p=0.004), total sleep time (TST) increased from phase 2 to phase 3 (p=0.012), and WASO decreased between phases 1 and 2 (p=0.001) and between phases 1 and 3 (p=0.025).

Conclusion Our study demonstrated that the quantity and quality of sleep were associated with musculoskeletal injuries in adolescent track and field athletes. Previous injuries were predicted by WASO and the occurrence of injuries was predicted by TA. Furthermore, during the vacation period they had lower TA and WASO, and higher TST than on school days.

Sleep - Athletic Injuries - Sports - Athletes - Adolescent


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Received: 22 September 2021

Accepted: 10 January 2022

Article published online:
01 December 2023

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