TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1978//
TI  - Effects of exercise on sleep
JO  - Journal of applied physiology: respiratory, environmental and exercise physiology
A1  - Walker, J. M.
A1  - Floyd, T. C.
A1  - Fein, G.
A1  - Cavness, C.
A1  - Lualhati, R.
A1  - Feinburg, I.
SP  - 945
EP  - 951
VL  - 44
IS  - 6
N2  - We tested the hypothesis that EEG sleep stages 3 and 4 (slow-wave sleep, SWS) would be increased as a function of either acute of chronic exercise. Ten distance runners were matched with 10 nonrunners, and their sleep was recorded under both habitual (runners running and nonrunners not running, 3 night) and abruptly changed (runners not running and nonrunners running, 1 night) conditions. Analyses of both visually scored SWS and computer measures of delta activity during non-rapid eye-movement (NREM) sleep failed to support the SWS-exercise hypothesis. The runners showed a significantly higher proportion and a greater absolute amount of NREM sleep than the nonrunners. The runners showed less rapid eye-movement activity during sleep than the nonrunners under both experimental conditions, indicating a strong and unexpected effect of physical fitness on this measure. Modest afternoon exercise in nonrunners was associated with a strong trend toward elevated heart rate during sleep. Mood tests and personality profiles revealed few differences, either between groups or within groups, as a function of exercise.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0161-7567
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -