Sleep profiles predict injury in runners 🩼💤
Prioritise sleep to be a healthy runner.
Sleep Matters: Profiling Sleep Patterns to Predict Sports Injuries in Recreational Runners
Study Details
This new study profiled 425 recreational runners based on their sleep habits including…
⏰ Sleep duration
☑️ Sleep quality
🚨 Sleep problems
Investigating associations with injury history, whilst controlling for factors including training volume 🔍
Key Findings
Runners were categorised into 4 sleep profiles…
1️⃣ Steady Sleepers
2️⃣ Poor Sleepers
3️⃣ Efficient Sleepers
4️⃣ Fragmented Sleepers
Poor sleepers were those with…
⚠️ Lower than average sleep duration
⚠️ Low sleep quality
⚠️ High sleep problems
…were significantly more likely to report sports injures, with 68% injury probability ‼️
No significant differences were observed for other profiles.
Conclusion
Sleep is a fundamental part of being a healthy and robust athlete (recreational to professional) 😴
Focus on sleep hygiene and keep yourself running ✅
Reference
https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/15/19/10814
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