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Title:

Prime Time Light Exposures Do Not Seem to Improve Maximal Physical Performance in Male Elite Athletes, but Enhance End-Spurt Performance

Document type:
Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Author(s):
Knaier, Raphael; Schäfer, Juliane; Rossmeissl, Anja; Klenk, Christopher; Hanssen, Henner; Höchsmann, Christoph; Cajochen, Christian; Schmidt-Trucksäss, Arno
Abstract:
Many sports competitions take place during television prime time, a time of the day when many athletes have already exceeded their time of peak performance. We assessed the effect of different light exposure modalities on physical performance and melatonin levels in athletes during prime time. Seventy-two young, male elite athletes with a median (interquartile range) age of 23 (21; 29) years and maximum oxygen uptake (VO2max) of 63 (58; 66) ml/kg/min were randomly assigned to three different l...     »
Dewey Decimal Classification:
570 Biowissenschaften, Biologie; 610 Medizin und Gesundheit; 790 Sport, Spiele, Unterhaltung
Journal title:
Frontiers in Physiology
Year:
2017
Journal volume:
8
Reviewed:
ja
Language:
en
Fulltext / DOI:
doi:10.3389/fphys.2017.00264
Pubmed ID:
http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28507521
Publisher:
Frontiers Media SA
E-ISSN:
1664-042X
Impact Factor:
4,755
Scimago Quartil:
Q1
Submitted:
16.02.2017
Accepted:
11.04.2017
Date of publication:
01.05.2017
Semester:
WS 16-17
TUM Institution:
Professur für Bewegung, Ernährung und Gesundheit
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