Publications by authors named "Isadora Grade"
Background/objectives: Sleep seems to be associated with worse low back pain (LBP) outcomes in older adults; however, studies investigating the association of objective sleep with future changes in LBP outcomes are lacking. The objectives of this study are as follows: (a) to investigate the association between objectively measured sleep with changes in clinical outcomes in older adults with LBP receiving physical therapy care and (b) to examine the cross-sectional association between sleep and pain catastrophizing.
Methods: This was a prospective cohort study.
Article Synopsis
- A study aimed at understanding sleep hygiene (SH) among Paralympic athletes revealed that both medalists and nonmedalists have low knowledge about SH, with no significant differences between the two groups.
- The research found that male athletes exhibited worse sleep behaviors and lower knowledge about SH compared to female athletes, indicating a potential area for improvement.
- Importantly, more medalists reported receiving encouragement from coaching staff to practice SH, suggesting that support from coaches may play a role in better sleep habits for top performers.
Background: Coaches usually reduce the training load (tapering) before competition to improve performance; however, in paralympic athletes this strategy had not yet been tested and we did not know which variables are associated with improved performance. Therefore, the objective was to compare the sleep, mood, sports performance, and reaction time (RT) of paralympic swimmers (PS) during tapering and to investigate whether there is a relationship between the variables during this training phase.
Methods: Eight PS were monitored for 17 days before the main competition, with an actigraphy to record sleep in 16 days.
This systematic review aims to identify the sleep parameters of Olympic athletes and the instruments used to assess and monitor the sleep of these athletes. The search was conducted until February 2023 and was performed in PubMed, Web of Science, and Scopus databases. This systematic review has included studies that investigated at least one of the following sleep parameters: total sleep time (TST), sleep onset latency (SOL), sleep efficiency (SE), awakenings after sleep onset (WASO), quality of sleep, daytime sleepiness, and chronotype; the participants were Olympic athletes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFContext: Sleep serves many important functions for athletes, particularly in the processes of learning, memory, recovery, and cognition.
Objectives: Define the sleep parameters of Paralympic athletes and identify the instruments used to assess and monitor sleep Paralympic athletes.
Evidence Acquisition: This systematic review was carried out based on the PRISMA guidelines.
Introduction: Considering the specificity of the sporting context and the influence of sleep on athletic performance, the "athlete sleep behavior questionnare" (ASBQ) was developed to evaluate sleep behavior in English-speaking athletes.
Objective: The aim of this study was to perform a cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the ASBQ in Brazilian athletes.
Methods: The cross-cultural adaptation was processed by procedures of translation and back-translation.
Objective: This study reviewed systematically the effects of sleep extension on sports performance.
Design: Systematic review.
Method: The systematic review was conducted in November 2020.