Effects of Evening Exercise on Sleep in Healthy Participants: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Stutz, Eiholzer, Spengler · 2019 · Sports Medicine 49(2):269–287
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23 studies comparing a single evening exercise session with no exercise in healthy adults: overall the studies do not support the hypothesis that evening exercise negatively affects sleep, and slow-wave sleep was slightly higher after evening exercise. The exception is vigorous exercise ending one hour or less before bedtime, which might impair sleep onset latency, total sleep time and sleep efficiency. Only hard sessions close to sleep are therefore treated as late, and no claim of less deep sleep rests on this paper.
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