The Impact of Daytime Napping Following Normal Night-Time Sleep on Physical Performance: A Systematic Review, Meta-analysis and Meta-regression.

Omar BoukhrisKhaled TrabelsiHaresh SuppiahAchraf AmmarCain C T ClarkHaitham JahramiHamdi ChtourouMatthew Driller

Published in: Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) (2023)

Following normal sleep, napping is beneficial for the performance of the 5MSRT, with no significant effect on muscle force. No firm conclusions can be drawn regarding other physical performance measures due to the limited number of studies.

Keyphrases

sleep quality
physical activity
systematic review
case control
mental health
depressive symptoms
skeletal muscle
meta analyses
obstructive sleep apnea
randomized controlled trial