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PubMed: 36612652 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph20010330
Evaluation of Age Based-Sleep Quality and Fitness in Adolescent Female Handball Players.
Int J Environ Res Public Health 20(1)
Authors: Mohamed Alaeddine Guembri, Ghazi Racil, Mohamed-Ali Dhouibi, Jeremy Coquart, Nizar Souissi
Affiliations
- Research Unit: Physical Activity, Sport and Health (UR18JS01), National Observatory of Sports, Tunis 1003, Tunisia.
- Research Unit 17JS01 (Sport Performance, Health & Society), Higher Institute of Sport and Physical Education of Ksar Saîd, Manouba, Tunis 2010, Tunisia.
- Laboratory of Clinical Psychology: Intersubjectivity and Culture, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Tunis, Tunis 1007, Tunisia.
- Univ. Lille, Univ. Artois, Univ. Littoral Côte d'Opale, ULR 7369-URePSSS-Unité de Recherche Pluridisciplinaire Sport Santé Société, Lille, France.
Abstract
The present study aimed to examine the differences in sleep hygiene, balance, strength, agility, and maximum aerobic speed (MAS) between two groups of female handball players aged under 14 (U14) and under 17 (U17) years. Seventy-two female handball players participated and were divided into two groups according to age: U14 (n = 36, age: 13.44 ± 0.5 years) and U17 (n = 36, age: 15.95 ± 0.76 years). Sleep hygiene was evaluated using three questionnaires: Sleep quality and sleepiness via the Pittsburgh (PSQI) and Epworth (ESS) questionnaires, and the insomnia questionnaire via the measurement of the insomnia severity index (ISI). Physical fitness was evaluated with the stork balance tests with eyes open (OEB) and closed (CEB), the vertical jump (SJ), horizontal jump (SBJ), and five jump (FJT) tests, the agility (t-test) and the maximum aerobic speed (MAS) tests. No significant differences were shown between U14 and U17 players in all PSQI, ISI, and ESS scores, and balance and strength performances. Meanwhile, the U17 players’ performances were significant better in agility quality (p = 0.003 < 0.01) and MAS (p = 0.05) compared to the U14 players. Biological gender specificity during the maturation phase may inhibit the improvement of balance, and strength performances between the age of 13 and 17 years, while agility and MAS performances are more affected by age alterations.
MeSH
Environmental Exposure, Hygiene, Puberty, Sleep, Adolescent, Sleep Initiation And Maintenance Disorders, Sleepiness