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DOI: 10.1055/s-0044-1782177
Original Article

Sleep Status and Chronotype in University Athletes with and without Chronic Low Back Pain: A Cross-Sectional Study

Sumbul Ansari 
Centre for Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation Sciences, Jamia Millia Islamia (A Central University), New Delhi, Delhi, India.
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Saurabh Sharma
Centre for Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation Sciences, Jamia Millia Islamia (A Central University), New Delhi, Delhi, India.
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Abstract

Objective This study aimed to evaluate the status of sleep, chronotype, and related variables of university athletes with and without chronic low back pain (CLBP),to find the correlation between CLBP, sleep difficulty score (SDS), and chronotype, and to determine if SDS and chronotype predict CLBP.

Methods Ninety-two university athletes [46 with CLBP (Age: 22.08±2.74 years) and 46 healthy athletes (Age: 22.32±3.11 years) completed the athlete sleep screening questionnaire (ASSQ), also, their demographic, anxiety, depression, and sports-related details were collected. A Pearson correlation and logistic regression models (univariate and multivariate) were used for the statistical analysis.

Results The results demonstrated a higher SDS and evening type preference in CLBP athletes, a significant negative correlation between CLBP and chronotype (r = −0.40, p<0.01), a significant correlation between SDS and CLBP (r = 0.25, p = 0.01). SDS and chronotype were not found to be significant independent predictors of CLBP.

Conclusion This study concludes that there exists a correlation of CLBP, SDS, and chronotype However, despite the relationship, SDS and chronotype cannot predict CLBP.

Keywords

sleep - sports - university athletes - chronic low back pain

Ethical Approval

All procedures in the present study were performed in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional/national research committee (Institutional Ethics Committee, Jamia Millia Islamia, no. 24/5/322/JMI/IEC/2021) and with the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. The study has been registered on the Clinical trials registry, (CTRI/2021/09/036675).


Informed Consent

Written informed consent was obtained from all individual athletes included in the study.


Data Availability

The statistical clinical data used to support the findings of this study are included in the article.




Publication History

Received: 19 May 2023

Accepted: 14 January 2024

Article published online:
09 April 2024

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