Key result
Elite female soccer players maintained good sleep quality (efficiency ≥75%) and showed small fluctuations in nocturnal heart rate variability (CV 2.8-9.0%) during a 9-day international tournament.
Why the study?
To provide insights into individual sleep patterns and nocturnal cardiac autonomic activity responses in elite female soccer players during an international tournament.
Population
20 elite female soccer players aged 25.2±3.1 years
Design
Observational study
Follow-up
9 consecutive days
Authors
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May inform athlete recovery monitoring in tournaments; leaves open generalizability and performance effects in broader cohorts.
Observational (n=20)
Elite female soccer players demonstrate high resilience in sleep quality and nocturnal cardiac autonomic activity to training and match schedules during a 9-day international tournament.
Costa et al. (2019) conducted an observational in Elite female soccer players (n=20). Elite female soccer players maintained good sleep quality (efficiency ≥75%) and showed small fluctuations in nocturnal heart rate variability (CV 2.8-9.0%) during a 9-day international tournament.
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