Showing posts with label athletic injury. Show all posts
Showing posts with label athletic injury. Show all posts

Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Sleep deprivation increases risk of athletic injury in teens

I've blogged about how sleep can affect athletic performance. This article discusses a study showing that teenager athletes were more prone to an athletic injury if they slept less than 8 hours. I remember not sleeping more than 6 hours per night for most of my high school years, so I imagine kids get that much or even less nowadays with all the technological gadgets available.