Font Roger, Ortega-Becerra Manuel, Tremps Víctor, Vicente Antoni, Merayo Ana, Mallol Milos
Research group in Tecnologia Aplicada a l'Alt Rendiment i la Salut (TAARS), Tecnocampus, Department of Health Sciences, Pompeu Fabra University, Mataró, Spain.
GRCE Research Group, National Institut of Physical Education of Catalonia (INEFC), Barcelona, Spain.
Biol Sport. 2025 Mar 18;42(3):247-255. doi: 10.5114/biolsport.2025.148578. eCollection 2025 Jul.
The study aimed to analyse the quality of rest of elite handball players during a half-season and to examine the differences between home and away rest. Adequate rest is key to recovery and performance, but the high density of matches and travel may affect sleep quality and duration. A longitudinal study was conducted over 14 weeks during the 2020-2021 season using sleep monitoring rings in 13 elite handball players to measure physiological and sleep parameters. The variables were compared in different situations such as after a training session, home and away matches, and periods with their national teams. Oura rings were used to collect variables such as heart rate variability, respiratory rate, sleep duration, onset latency and efficiency. Players wore the rings daily excluding training and matches. The data were analysed by comparing the different variables studied. At the physiological level, there were no significant differences between situations. However, moderate differences were found in total time in bed between home matches and travel days (ES = 0.57). There was also less sleep time after matches and travel. Players demonstrated good autonomic flexibility without physiological alterations. However, recovery strategies should be improved as rest time was not adequate after matches and travel. Individual profiles could help detect recovery deficits.
该研究旨在分析精英手球运动员在半个赛季中的休息质量，并考察主场和客场休息之间的差异。充足的休息是恢复和表现的关键，但比赛的高密度和旅行可能会影响睡眠质量和时长。在2020 - 2021赛季期间进行了一项为期14周的纵向研究，对13名精英手球运动员使用睡眠监测手环来测量生理和睡眠参数。在不同情况下，如训练课后、主客场比赛以及与国家队比赛期间，对这些变量进行了比较。使用欧若手环收集心率变异性、呼吸频率、睡眠时间、入睡潜伏期和睡眠效率等变量。运动员在除训练和比赛外的日常佩戴手环。通过比较所研究的不同变量对数据进行分析。在生理层面，不同情况之间没有显著差异。然而，在主场比赛和旅行日之间的卧床总时长发现有中度差异（效应量=0.57）。比赛和旅行后睡眠时间也较少。运动员表现出良好的自主灵活性，没有生理改变。然而，由于比赛和旅行后的休息时间不足，恢复策略应予以改进。个体特征有助于发现恢复不足的情况。
