Zuurbier, R.P.J. (2014) The relation between training load, sleep behavior and recovery in youth elite soccer players. thesis, Human Movement Sciences.
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Training is considered as the key activity for youth soccer players. To recover physically and psychologically from exercise, duration and quality of sleep are thought to be important. However, there is limited evidence to support this. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the relation between training load, sleep duration, sleep quality and recovery in elite youth soccer players. Fifty-nine elite youth soccer players (16.4 ± 1.5 years of age) in different age categories (under-19, under-17 and under-15) participated in this study. Training duration, training intensity, sleep duration, sleep quality and total quality recovery (TQR) were determined each day of the measurement period (29 days). Pearson correlation coefficients were calculated to examine the relations between training load (duration times intensity), sleep duration, sleep quality and TQR. Furthermore, linear regression analysis was used to investigate the relative effect of these factors on recovery. In general, correlation coefficients were small and high inter-individual variation was found. Higher training load was associated with better sleep quality (r= 0.080; N=1480 ; p=0.002) and was related to poorer TQR (r=-0.251; N=1071; p<0.001). Furthermore, both longer sleep duration (r=0.112; N=1030; p<0.001) and higher sleep quality (r=0.246; N=1044; p<0.001) were associated with higher TQR. For all groups, sleep quality was a predictor for recovery score. In addition, the effect of training on TQR shifted from duration to intensity when players become older. In conclusion, sleep quality seems to be the most important factor related to recovery in elite youth soccer players. In addition, training duration was associated with recovery for the youngest players. When they become older, intensity of training becomes more important in relation to recovery. Keywords: sleep duration, sleep quality, adolescents, total quality recovery.
| Item Type: | Thesis (UNSPECIFIED) |
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| Supervisor name: | Brink, dr. M.S. and Lemmink, prof. dr. K.A.P.M. and Frencken, dr. W.G.P. |
| Faculty: | Medical Sciences |
| Date Deposited: | 06 Apr 2022 09:23 |
| Last Modified: | 08 Apr 2022 11:19 |
| URI: | https://umcg.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/3062 |
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