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An Objective Measure Of Sleep In Division I College Soccer Players Compared To The General College Population, Natalie Brown
An Objective Measure Of Sleep In Division I College Soccer Players Compared To The General College Population, Natalie Brown
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Introduction: Sleep is necessary for proper recovery from daily life for both college athletes and students.
Purpose: To objectively evaluate the sleep quality of college athletes across gender, comparing them to a normal college student population.
Methods: A convenience sample of 104 subjects (19.39 ± 1.28 years), 42 Division college athletes and 62 comparison college students completed one week of data collection using the ActiGraph GT3X device. Wear time, sleep time, and wake time were recorded by each participant. Independent variables were athlete status and gender. Dependent variables were Total Sleep Time (TST), Wake After Sleep Onset (WASO), Latency, and …