From the National Basketball Association to the National Hockey League: a parallel problem exists
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Article Title | From the National Basketball Association to the National Hockey League: a parallel problem exists |
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ERA Journal ID | 42114 |
Article Category | Letter |
Authors | Singh, Meeta (Author), Bird, Stephen P. (Author), Charest, Jonathan (Author), Huyghe, Thomas (Author) and Calleja-Gonzalez, Julio (Author) |
Journal Title | The Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine |
Journal Citation | 17 (4), pp. 863-864 |
Number of Pages | 1 |
Year | 2021 |
Place of Publication | United States |
ISSN | 1550-9389 |
1550-9397 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.5664/JCSM.9124 |
Web Address (URL) | https://jcsm.aasm.org/doi/10.5664/jcsm.9124 |
Abstract | In light of our recent paper ‘Urgent wake up call for the National Basketball Association’, we feel it is important to highlight the parallel problem that exists in the National Hockey League (NHL). The NHL has nearly identical air travel and condensed game schedules to the NBA, with players and coaches encountering similar health and wellbeing issues related to accumulating travel-related sleep deprivation, circadian disruption and jet lag. In fact, the betting industry use travel as a factor for hedging bets, betting that tired teams don’t play as well! Like the NBA, the NHL schedule consists of 82 regular season games (41 each of home and road), and similar to the NBA, although the fans only see the players for the length of the game, the actual day of the players start and finishes several hours before and after the first puck drop. With early morning skate rituals and late-night games interspersed with medical treatments, media, sponsorship and family obligations, the typical daily schedules of NHL players lead to inconsistent sleep opportunities. Similar to the NBA, NHL stakeholders including players and coaches have voiced concerns about lack of sleep and fatigue. |
Keywords | sleep, National Basketball Association, National Hockey League |
Contains Sensitive Content | Does not contain sensitive content |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 320899. Medical physiology not elsewhere classified |
420799. Sports science and exercise not elsewhere classified | |
Public Notes | The accessible file is the accepted version of the paper. Please refer to the URL for the published version. |
Byline Affiliations | Henry Ford Health, United States |
School of Health and Wellbeing | |
Laval University, Canada | |
Catholic University of Murica, Spain | |
University of the Basque Country, Spain | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q62z8/from-the-national-basketball-association-to-the-national-hockey-league-a-parallel-problem-exists
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