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Title:	Effect of morning exercise in sunlight on the sleep-wake cycle in adolescents
Authors:	Maia, Ana Paula Leão Sousa, Ivanise Cortez de Azevedo, Carolina Virginia Macêdo de
Keywords:	Adolescents;Physical exercise;Sleep-wake cycle;School time
Issue Date:	2011
Publisher:	Instituto Brasileiro de Neuropsicologia e Comportamento (IBNeC)
Citation:	MAIA, Ana Paula Leão; SOUSA, Ivanise Cortez de; AZEVEDO, Carolina Virginia Macêdo de. Effect of morning exercise in sunlight on the sleep-wake cycle in adolescents. Psychology and Neuroscience, v. 4, p. 323-331, 2011. Disponível em: <http://doi.apa.org/fulltext/2015-08700-005.html>. Acesso em: 20 nov. 2017.
Portuguese Abstract:	A delay in bedtime occurs in adolescence compared with childhood. However, the early waking that morning school hours impose leads to partial sleep deprivation. Although exposure to light is the most important regulator of circadian rhythm in mammals, physical exercise influences circadian synchronization. To assess the effect of morning physical exercise in sunlight on the sleep-wake cycle (SWC) in adolescents, 160 first- and second-year high-school students were exposed to classes in their usual classroom (Group C) or in a swimming pool exposed to sunlight (Group E) while physically exercising (EE; i.e., swimming) or resting (EL). At baseline, we applied Health and Sleep and Horne & Ostberg chronotype assessment questionnaires. One week later and during the intervention, we applied the Sleep Diary and Karolinska Sleepiness Scale. During the intervention we observed no changes in bedtime, time in bed and in indices of irregularity of bedtime and wake-up time. The changes observed in wake-up time (i.e., a delay in the EE group on Saturday), sleep quality (i.e., an improvement), and sleepiness (i.e., an increase) were also observed in the control group, discarding an intervention effect. We suggest that morning physical exercise in sunlight had no effect on SWC parameters, sleep quality, or daytime sleepiness, possibly because of the large irregularity in the SWC between weekdays and weekends in adolescent students as well as the low frequency and duration of exercise during the intervention. Therefore, studies that evaluate a higher frequency or duration of exercise are needed to assess its effect on the SWC in adolescents
URI:	https://repositorio.ufrn.br/jspui/handle/123456789/24697
ISSN:	1983-3288 10.3922/j.psns.2011.3.005
Appears in Collections:	CB - DBIO - Artigos publicados em periódicos

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