Influence of night's sleep duration on physical working capacity of student-athletes

Abstract

The aim of the study was to assess the physical working capacity of young athletes of specialized universities depending on the duration of a night's sleep. Methodology and organization of the study. The assessment of the level of physical working capacity was carried out according to the physical working capacity 170 step test by V.L. Karpman in 56 young men of 18.59±0.83 years old, who are students of three specialized universities with sports qualifications of the first (1 p) sports category (25 - 44.7%), candidate (CMS) for master of sports (18 - 32.1%) and master of sports (MS) of the Russian Federation (13 - 23.2). From the anamnesis, it was found that the duration of night sleep in 12 men was 9.03±0.27 hours, in 14 – 8.49±0.43 hours, in 16 – 7.58±0.31 hours, in 8 – 6.42±0.49 hours and in 6 students – 5.46±0.52 hours. Results of the study and discussion. It has been reliably shown that the highest physical working capacity is detected in young men whose nightly sleep duration is 9 and 8 hours, low - less than 6 hours. Findings. The duration of a night's sleep has a positive effect on the physical working capacity of young men involved in sports. The longer the night's sleep, the higher the level of physical working capacity. Students involved in sports should not have less than 5 hours of night sleep because this adversely affects their functional state. It should be considered that the higher the qualification of an athlete, the more resistant his body is to lack of sleep, which does not affect the physical working capacity.