Travel Across More Time Zones Results in Worse Perceived Fatigue and Sleep in National-Team Footballers

This study investigated the association between (1) time zone difference and (2) travel direction (east vs west) with posttravel changes in perceptual responses of national-team footballers. Travel schedules from 355 national-team trips (50 elite soccer players) were verified using an online flight...

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Veröffentlicht in:International journal of sports physiology and performance 2023-03, Vol.18 (3), p.268-275
Hauptverfasser: Clements, Ewan, Ehrmann, Fabian, Clark, Andrew, Jones, Mark, McCall, Alan, Duffield, Rob
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Zusammenfassung:This study investigated the association between (1) time zone difference and (2) travel direction (east vs west) with posttravel changes in perceptual responses of national-team footballers. Travel schedules from 355 national-team trips (50 elite soccer players) were verified using an online flight database. All players provided perceptual ratings of fatigue, sleep quality, soreness, and stress to calculate changes in scores up to 2 days after travel. Trips were categorized as
ISSN:1555-0265
1555-0273
DOI:10.1123/ijspp.2022-0230