Why the study?
Does chronic sleep restriction degrade daytime performance and how does it recover after normal sleep duration is restored in normal volunteers?
Population
66 normal volunteers
Comparison
Sleep restriction to 3, 5, or 7 hours daily time… vs 9 hours daily time in bed for 7 days, followed…
Design
Other
Follow-up
10 days (7 days experimental phase + 3 days recovery)
Authors
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Chronic sleep restriction may impair full performance recovery after 3 days of normal sleep; leaves open optimal recovery protocols for study.
Does chronic sleep restriction degrade daytime performance and how does it recover after normal sleep duration is restored in normal volunteers?
Chronic sleep restriction leads to performance degradation that is not fully reversed by 3 days of normal recovery sleep, suggesting persistent restriction of brain operational capacity.
Belenky et al. (2003) studied this question.
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