Findings of this study show that there is no consensus on the relationship between the amount or quality of sleep and rates of sports-related injuries in adult athletes. Poor sleep metrics (total sleep time/duration, latency, efficiency) were correlated with a decrease in response time in cyclists and Dutch elite youth athletes. Worsened sleep metrics were also found to decrease aerobic performance in physically active males, MMA fighters, rugby players, triathletes, and cyclists. In summary, these findings suggest that there is an association between poor sleep and worsened athletic performance, but the evidence for injury risk is inconclusive.
Lytle et al. (Sat,) studied this question.