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Relationships between sleep, physical activity and human health

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Atkinson, Greg, Davenne, Damien·2007·Physiology & Behavior

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Although sleep and exercise may seem to be mediated by completely different physiological mechanisms, there is growing evidence for clinically important relationships between these two behaviors. It is known that passive body heating facilitates the nocturnal sleep of healthy elderly people with insomnia. This finding supports the hypothesis that changes in body temperature trigger somnogenic brain areas to initiate sleep. Nevertheless, little is known about how the core and distal thermoregulatory responses to exercise fit into this hypothesis. Such knowledge could also help in reducing sleep problems associated with nocturnal shiftwork. It is difficult to incorporate physical activity into a shiftworker's lifestyle, since it is already disrupted in terms of family commitments and eating habits. A multi-research strategy is needed to identify what the optimal amounts and timing of physical activity are for reducing shiftwork-related sleep problems. The relationships between sleep, exercise and diet are also important, given the recently reported associations between short sleep length and obesity. The cardiovascular safety of exercise timing should also be considered, since recent data suggest that the reactivity of blood pressure to a change in general physical activity is highest during the morning. This time is associated with an increased risk in general of a sudden cardiac event, but more research work is needed to separate the influences of light, posture and exercise per se on the haemodynamic responses to sleep and physical activity following sleep taken at night and during the day as a nap.

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Authors
Atkinson, G., & Davenne, D.
Affiliations
  • Liverpool John Moores University (GB)
  • Université de Caen Normandie (FR)
Corresponding author
Atkinson, Greg
Venue
Physiology & Behavior
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2007-02
Volume
90
Issue
2-3
Pages
229-235
ISSN
0031-9384 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2164269056
Cited by
267
References
80
Citations by year
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FWCI
0.83
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Physiology & Behavior (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • Teesside University Research Portal (Teesside University) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Sleep and related disorders
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Sleep and Work-Related Fatigue
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Endocrine and Autonomic Systems › Circadian rhythm and melatonin
Keywords
sleep, physical activity, body temperature, thermoregulation, insomnia, shift work, sleep disorders, obesity, short sleep duration, diet, blood pressure reactivity, cardiovascular safety, napping, exercise timing, older adults
MeSH terms
Activity Cycles, Animals, Body Temperature, Health, Humans, Motor Activity, Pineal Gland, Sleep, Wakefulness, Exercise

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