Slow-wave sleep: a recovery period after exercise.

Authors: Shapiro CM , Bortz R , Mitchell D , Bartel P , Jooste P

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Source: Science. 1981 Dec 11;214(4526):1253-4.

DOI: 10.1126/science.7302594 Publication date: Dec. 11, 1981 E-Publication date: Not specified Availability: abstract Copyright: Not specified

Language: English Countries: Not specified Location: Not specified Correspondence address: Not specified

Keywords

Sleep,
exercise

Article abstract

Sleep recordings were carried out on athletes on four successive nights after completing a 92-kilometer road race. Significant increases in total sleep time and slow-wave sleep were found after this metabolic stress. The results show a definite exercise effect on sleep and support sleep-restoration hypotheses.

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