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You Snooze, You Win? An Ecological Dynamics Framework Approach to Understanding the Relationships Between Sleep and Sensorimotor Performance in Sport.

Department of Sports Medicine and Nutrition, University of Pittsburgh, 3860 South Water Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15203, USA; Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 3501 Forbes Avenue, Suite 456, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA. Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 3501 Forbes Avenue, Suite 456, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA. Department of Sports Medicine and Nutrition, University of Pittsburgh, 3860 South Water Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15203, USA. Rooney Sports Medicine Concussion Program, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 3850 South Water Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15203, USA. Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School, 1575 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA. Department of Sports Medicine and Nutrition, University of Pittsburgh, 3860 South Water Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15203, USA. Electronic address: connaboy@pitt.edu.

Sleep medicine clinics. 2020;(1):31-39
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Abstract

Sleep has a widespread impact across different domains of performance, including sensorimotor function. From an ecological dynamics perspective, sensorimotor function involves the continuous and dynamic coupling between perception and action. Sport performance relies on sensorimotor function as successful movement behaviors require accurate and efficient coupling between perceptions and actions. Compromised sleep impairs different aspects of sensorimotor performance, including perceptual attunement and motor execution. Changes in sensorimotor performance can be related to specific features of sleep, notably sleep spindles and slow waves. One unaddressed area of study is the extent to which specific sleep features contribute to overall sport-specific performance.

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