U.S., May 13 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07580131) titled 'The Restorative Role of Daytime Naps in Mentally Fatigued Endurance Athletes' on April 28.
Brief Summary: This randomized, counterbalanced crossover study investigated whether a 30-minute daytime nap can mitigate the effects of experimentally induced mental fatigue in amateur master endurance athletes. Male athletes completed two home-based experimental sessions separated by one week: a mental fatigue condition, in which a 30-minute cognitively demanding task battery preceded the nap, and a control condition, in which participants took only the nap. Sleep parameters during the nap were monitored by wrist actigraphy, and perceived sle...