Benefits of sleep on reduction of injury and illness in Division I female soccer players

• Corbit Franks ^[1] ; Julia Phillips ^[1] ; Kaitlyn Armstrong ^[1] ; Thomas Andre ^[1] ; Jangwoo Jo ^[2] ; Melinda W. Valliant ^[1]
  1. [1] University of Mississippi

     University of Mississippi

     Estados Unidos

     
  2. [2] Metropolitan State University

     Metropolitan State University

     City of Saint Paul, Estados Unidos

     
• Localización: Scientific Journal of Sport and Performance, ISSN-e 2794-0586, Vol. 3, Nº. 3, 2024, págs. 395-404
• Idioma: inglés
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  • Injuries in soccer athletes continues to rise and there is a cause for concern. Collegiate athletes have physically demanding workloads and struggle to sleep an adequate amount each night. A potential association is how sleep could play a role in an athletes’ injury. 24 NCAA DI women’s soccer athletes were utilized during the Fall 2019 season. Athletes self-reported their daily hours slept and the athletic trainer tracked and classified athletes’ injury and illness status: no-injury, medical attention injury, or time loss injury. K-mean clustering was utilized to classify the athletes into 3 groups: injury/illness-free group (n=12), mild-to-moderate injury/illness group (n=7), and heavy injury/illness group (n=5). Sleep was statistically significantly lower in the heavy-injury group than other groups and small effect sizes were detected (d31 = .282, p < .001; d32 = .278, p < .001). Based on the data, it appears hours slept plays a factor in female soccer athletes’ risk of injury.