Evaluation of Age Based-Sleep Quality and Fitness in Adolescent Female Handball Players

Bibliographic Data

ID15499877
AuthorsMohamed Alaeddine Guembri (Research Unit: Physical Activity, Sport and Health (UR18JS01), National Observatory of Sports, Tunis 1003, Tunisia, corresponding author), Ghazi Racil (0000-0001-5171-7026, Research Unit 17JS01 (Sport Performance, Health & Society), Higher Institute of Sport and Physical Education of Ksar Saîd, Manouba, Tunis 2010, Tunisia), Mohamed-Ali Dhouibi (Tunis University), Jeremy Coquart (0000-0001-6515-7736, Université de Lille), Nizar Souissi (0000-0003-1227-8221, Research Unit: Physical Activity, Sport and Health (UR18JS01), National Observatory of Sports, Tunis 1003, Tunisia)
Year2022
Volume20
Issue1
Pages330-330
Publication date2022-12-26
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601
PublisherMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3390/ijerph20010330
PMID36612652
OpenAlexW4313246289
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited56

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

Insomnia · Physical therapy · Psychiatry · Quality (philosophy · Sleep quality · Children's Physical and Motor Development · Medicine · Psychology · Sleep and related disorders · Sports Performance and Training · Gerontology

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