Does nighttime exercise really disturb sleep? Results from the 2013 National Sleep Foundation Sleep in America Poll

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 755-761

  Buman, Matthew P ^a   Phillips, Barbara A ^b   Youngstedt, Shawn D ^c   Kline, Christopher E ^d   Hirshkowitz, Max ^e  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Exercise; Physical activity; Sleep hygiene; Sleep onset; Sleep quality; Survey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COSMOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EXERCISE INTENSITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORNING; NIGHT; NIGHT TIME EXERCISE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP QUALITY; SLEEP TIME; UNITED STATES; WAKEFULNESS; YOUNG ADULT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EXERCISE; HEALTH SURVEY; SLEEP; SLEEP WAKE DISORDERS; TIME FACTOR;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SLEEP; SLEEP WAKE DISORDERS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901984465     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: 18785506     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2014.01.008     Document Type: Article

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