Background Evidence suggests that athletes often experience chronic sleep disturbance.
Napping is widely recommended as a safe and non-invasive intervention to counteract the …

Sleep is fundamental for recovery and good mental, cognitive and physical performance.
Many factors could affect the sleep of the physical active people or athletes such as: late …

The purpose of the study was to evaluate the recuperative efficacy of pre-exercise napping
on physical capacity after military sustained operations (SUSOPS) with partial sleep …

To compare the effects of two nap opportunities (20 and 90 min) to countermeasure the
transient naturally occurring increased sleepiness and decreased performances during the …

Altering meal timing could improve cognition, alertness, and thus safety during the nightshift.
This study investigated the differential impact of consuming a meal, snack, or not eating …

Napping is one strategy that may assist night shiftworkers to cope with sleepiness and
fatigue. However, one potential disadvantage of napping is that awakening from naps is …

To investigate the effects of self-awakening on sleep structure and daytime arousal after a
short nap, a within-subjects comparison was made of participants in self-awakening and …

Post-lunch sleepiness belongs to biological rhythms. Athletes take a nap to counteract
afternoon circadian nadir, in prevision of disturbed sleep. This study examined the effects of …

The aim of the present study was to demonstrate the effects of a short nap (20 min) and
bright light (> 2000 lux) in the afternoon on task switching ability (ie, switch cost and mixing …

The aim of the present study was to investigate the relationship between perceived and
actual sleepiness and performance during a simulated night-shift that included a 30-min …