Clinical Trial: Delayed Morning Training, Sleep, and Change-of-Direction Performance in Badminton Athletes

U.S., Oct. 15 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07873203) titled 'Delayed Morning Training, Sleep, and Change-of-Direction Performance in Badminton Athletes' on Oct. 06.

Brief Summary: This randomized controlled trial will investigate whether delaying the start of morning training from 7:00 AM to 9:00 AM improves nocturnal sleep and change-of-direction performance in elite badminton athletes. A total of 38 athletes with an established morning-training routine will be randomly assigned in a 1:1 ratio to either a usual morning-training group starting at 7:00 AM or a delayed morning-training group starting at 9:00 AM. Both groups will follow the same training content, duration, intensity, coaching ar...