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Sleep and Sport

This is the first textbook in the new field of sleep and sports. It is aimed at researchers, clinicians, coaches, and athletes who are interested in knowing all about how sleep and circadian health are important for sport and how to incorporate sleep health promotion programs into their organizations.

Buy it on the Academic Press / Elsevier website directly or on Amazon. Anyone with an academic affiliation can probably access it for free through your institution on ScienceDirect.

Intersted in using this book for a class or seminar? Interested in a signed copy? Any other questions? Contact Dr. Grandner.

This is not a self-help book about sleep. This is an academic textbook about how sleep is related to sports, performance, and health.

From the book description: The relationship between sleep and both mental and physical performance in athletes has become a key issue over the past several years. Sleep and Sport: Physical Performance, Mental Performance, Injury Prevention, and Competitive Advantage for Athletes, Coaches, and Trainers aims to synthesize the growing scientific evidence in this area to help researchers, clinicians, and others interested in sport to understand the fundamentals of sleep health and how these factors relate to athletes. Serving as an important bridge between the sleep and athletics field, this book educates sleep professionals about how their field of expertise relates to various aspects of athletics, while educating sports professionals about the basics of sleep and how it relates to their field of expertise. This is accomplished by explaining some of the basics of sleep health; reviewing the literature on sleep disorders, treatments, and risk factors for athletes; discussing ways that sleep health impacts physical and mental performance; and addressing key specific areas where these fields overlap. In all cases, this text will draw from the existing peer-reviewed literature, in order to provide evidence-based guidance that is objective and well explained.

Table of Contents

1. Basics of sleep/wake physiology for athletes and sports professionals

Kathryn E.R. Kennedy, Sadia B. Ghani, Brooke J. Mason, Eric T. Hansen and Michael A. Grandner

2. Basics of circadian rhythms: Essentials for athletes and sport professionals

Brooke J. Mason, Fabian-Xose´ Fernandez, Sadia B. Ghani, Matthew R. Lujan and Michael A. Grandner

3. Basics of sleep problems and sleep disorders for athletes and sport professionals

Amy M. Bender, Kari A. Lambing and Meeta Singh

4. Sleep problems in athletes: Prevalence and causes

Ashley A. Brauer

5. Assessment of sleep in athletes

Brian A. Moore, Ashton Rouska, Bradley Ritland, Allison Joy Brager and Vincent Mysliwiec

6. Screening for sleep disorders in athletes

Meeta Singh, Michael Workings and Amy M. Bender

7. Sleep and physical performance in athletes

Shona L. Halson and Jacopo A. Vitale

8. Sleep and cognitive performance in athletes

William Farnsworth, Abigail Johnson, Andrea Almeida and Cathy Goldstein

9. Sleep and mental health in athletes

Kelly N. Kim, Sarah E. Emert, Alisa Huskey, Amy B. Athey and Daniel J. Taylor

10. Sleep and recovery

Adam C. Raikes

11. Sleep and injury prevention in athletes

Christopher E. Kline and Emily J. McConnell

12. Circadian advantages in elite athletes

Allison J. Brager, Joseph A. Gordon, III., Ashton Rouska, Brian A. Moore and Vincent Mysliwiec

13. Strategic napping

Michele Lastella, Jacopo A. Vitale, Shona L. Halson and Grace E. Vincent

14. Sleep, nutrition, and supplements: Implications for athletes

Jonathan Charest and Michael A. Grandner

University of Arizona

15. Managing travel and jetlag in athletes

Ian C. Dunican and John A. Caldwell

16. Wearables and sleep tracking in athletics programs

Matthew R. Lujan, Ignacio Perez-Pozuelo and Michael A. Grandner

17. Sleep and circadian health promotion programs for athletes

Michael A. Grandner, Jonathan Mills, Madison Clarke and Amy B. Athey

18. Resources and further reading

Amy B. Athey, Michael A. Grandner and Jonathan Mills