Wake up call for collegiate athlete sleep: narrative review and consensus recommendations from the NCAA Interassociation Task Force on Sleep and Wellness.
Level 5 - mechanism / opinion, no new human data
Narrative review and expert consensus statement without original empirical data
PubMed 31097460 · doi:10.1136/bjsports-2019-100590
What was done
The NCAA Interassociation Task Force on Sleep and Wellness reviewed literature across four domains of collegiate athlete sleep (patterns/disorders, optimal functioning, screening/tracking, and interventions) and applied the Delphi method to generate consensus recommendations.
What was found
The abstract reports no numerical data or statistical findings. It produced five consensus recommendations aimed at helping colleges improve student-athlete sleep.
Why it matters
It provides expert consensus guidelines from a major collegiate athletic body to standardize sleep assessment, screening, and institutional management for student-athletes.
Limits
As a narrative review and expert consensus statement, it lacks a systematic review methodology or new empirical human data. Specific recommendation details and quantitative metrics are omitted in the abstract.
Cited by
- supports Athletes require more sleep than the general population due to a higher physiological load on their recovery systems.