Jet lag and travel fatigue: A comprehensive management plan for sport medicine physicians and high-performance support teams

Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 268-273

  Samuels, Charles H ^a,b  

^a Centre for Sleep and Human Performance Calgary   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythm; Jet lag; Sleep; Travel fatigue

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTACID AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; BISMUTH SALICYLATE; CAFFEINE; ESZOPICLONE; MELATONIN; SUBLINOX; TEMAZEPAM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZALEPLON; ZOLPIDEM; ZOLPIDEM TARTRATE; ZOPICLONE;

ADAPTATION; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONVALESCENCE; DRUG EFFICACY; EVENING DOSAGE; FATIGUE; FLIGHT; FOOD INTAKE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEADACHE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; HYDRATION; INSOMNIA; JET LAG; LIGHT EXPOSURE; LOW DRUG DOSE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SPORTS MEDICINE; TRAVEL FATIGUE;

ATHLETES; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; CAFFEINE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FATIGUE; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; JET LAG SYNDROME; MELATONIN; PHYSICIANS; SPORTS MEDICINE;

EID: 84860712381     PISSN: 1050642X     EISSN: 15363724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JSM.0b013e31824d2eeb     Document Type: Article

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