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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Sleep Sci 2018; 11(01): 2-7
DOI: 10.5935/1984-0063.20180002
ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Effects of acute sleep deprivation and caffeine supplementation on anaerobic performance

Authors

  • Joss Moore

    1   Trinity College Dublin, Department of Sports & Exercise Medicine - Dublin - Irlanda.

  • Ciaran McDonald

    1   Trinity College Dublin, Department of Sports & Exercise Medicine - Dublin - Irlanda.

  • Alan McIntyre

    1   Trinity College Dublin, Department of Sports & Exercise Medicine - Dublin - Irlanda.

  • Kevin Carmody

    1   Trinity College Dublin, Department of Sports & Exercise Medicine - Dublin - Irlanda.

  • Bernard Donne

    1   Trinity College Dublin, Department of Sports & Exercise Medicine - Dublin - Irlanda.
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Purpose: Athletes involved in team sports may be subject to varying degrees of sleep deprivation either before or after training and competition. Despite the belief among athletes and coaches of the importance of adequate sleep for ensuing performance, the effect of sleep loss on team-sport anaerobic performance remains unclear. There is conflicting evidence in the scientific literature as to the impact of acute sleep deprivation and caffeine supplementation on anaerobic performance indices. The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of 24 hours of acute sleep deprivation on anaerobic performance and the effect of caffeine supplementation on anaerobic performance in the sleep deprived state.

Methods: 11 club level games players (n=11, 25±4 yr, 178±7.5 cm, 80.2±10.4 kg, 15.1±5.6% body fat) participated in a repeated measures double-blinded placebo control trial. Following familiarisation, each participant returned for testing on three separate occasions. One of the testing sessions took place following a night of normal sleep and the other two sessions took place following 24 hours of sleep deprivation with supplementation of either placebo or 6 mg.kg- 1 of caffeine. During each testing session participants performed the vertical jump height, 20-m straight sprint, Illinois speed agility test and 5-m shuttle run.

Results: No significant differences were detected comparing non sleep deprived and sleep deprived interventions in any of the assessed outcome measures. There were also no significant differences observed in any of the outcome measures when comparing caffeine and placebo data in the sleep deprived state.

Conclusion: In this cohort of athletes, a 24-h period of acute sleep deprivation did not have any significant impact on anaerobic performance. Caffeine also did not have any effect of on anaerobic performance in the sleep-deprived state.

Sleep Deprivation - Caffeine - Anaerobic Treatment - Placebo Effect


Publication History

Received: 13 March 2017

Accepted: 26 April 2017

Article published online:
13 October 2023

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