The study will investigate whether maintaining a home-based time zone schedule will attenuate any decrements to sleep and performance experienced following transmeridian travel in elite female athletes.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
21
The team will maintain their home-based time zone schedule despite being in a location that is three time zones away
Institute of Sports Sciences & Medicine
Tallahassee, Florida, United States
Sleep Quantity
Sleep duration will be assessed via wrist-worn WHOOP bands.
Time frame: Daily for 5 days
Sleep Quality
Sleep efficiency will be assessed via wrist-worn WHOOP bands.
Time frame: Daily for 5 days
Resting Heart Rate (RHR)
RHR will be assessed in the morning via wrist-worn WHOOP bands.
Time frame: Daily for 5 days
Heart Rate Variability (HRV)
HRV will be assessed in the morning via wrist-worn WHOOP bands.
Time frame: Daily for 5 days
Muscular Power
Muscular power is assessed via countermovement jump (CMJ) testing on force plates
Time frame: Daily for 3 days
Muscular Strength
Muscular strength is assessed via handgrip dynamometry.
Time frame: Daily for 3 days
Reaction Time
Assessed in the morning via a mobile application
Time frame: Daily for 5 days
Subjective Sleep Quality
Assessed in the morning via questionnaire (0-100)
Time frame: Daily for 5 days
Subjective Recovery
Assessed in the morning via questionnaire (0-100)
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Time frame: Daily for 5 days