New research suggests sleeping less than eight hours a night is associated with a more than 30 percent injury risk among teen athletes.
Investigators asked middle and high school athletes (grades 7 to 12) to answer questions about the number of sports they played and the time they committed to athletics (at school and through other programs), whether they used a private coach, whether they participated in strength training, how much sleep they got on average each night, and how much they subjectively enjoyed their athletic participation.
Hours of sleep per night was significantly associated with a decreased likelihood of injury, according to the study results.
In addition, the higher the grade level of the athlete, the greater the
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