A recent study published by Milewski et al in the J Pediatr Orthop Magazine, concludes that a lack of hours of sleep while attending advanced courses is related to a higher incidence of sports injuries in adolescents.

Since there are no studies published on the impact of sleep deprivation on sports inuries in adolescents, the authors designed  a study to correlate the level or degree of studies with sleep and the risk of sports injuries.

The study includes an assessment of 160 athletes attending secondary or high school courses.

The results show that athletes who sleep less than eight hours are 1.7 times more likely to suffer injuries than those who sleep more than eight hours. In addition, for each additional level studied at the school, the athletes were 1.4 times more prone to suffer a lesion, compared to the lower level.

In conclusion, lack of sleep and a higher level of studies at school seem to be associated with sports injuries in adolescent  sports groups, thus recommending young sports people to sleep 8 or more hours per day in order to be protected against sports injuries.

SOURCE:

J Pediatr Orthop 2014 Mar; 34 (2):129-33. doi: 10.1097 /BPO.0000000000000151.

Milewski MD ¹ , Skaggs DL , obispo GA , Pace JL , Ibrahim DA , Wren TA , Barzdukas A .