Acute physical exercise under hypoxia improves sleep, mood and reaction time

dc.contributor.authorAquino-Lemos, Valdir de
dc.contributor.authorSantos, Ronaldo Vagner T.
dc.contributor.authorAntunes, Hanna Karen M
dc.contributor.authorLira, Fabio S. [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorBittar, Irene G. Luz
dc.contributor.authorCaris, Aline V.
dc.contributor.authorTufik, Sergio
dc.contributor.authorMello, Marco T. de
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP)
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG)
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-07T15:40:00Z
dc.date.available2015-12-07T15:40:00Z
dc.date.issued2015-10-29
dc.description.abstractThis study aimed to assess the effect of two sessions of acute physical exercise at 50% VO2peak performed under hypoxia (equivalent to an altitude of 4500 m for 28 hours) on sleep, mood and reaction time. Forty healthy men were randomized into 4 groups: Normoxia (NG) (n = 10); Hypoxia (HG) (n= 10); Exercise under Normoxia (ENG) (n = 10); and Exercise under Hypoxia (EHG) (n= 10). All mood and reaction time assessments were performed 40 minutes after awakening. Sleep was reassessed on the first day at 14 hours after the initiation of hypoxia; mood and reaction time were measured 28 hours later. Two sessions of acute physical exercise at 50% VO2peak were performed for 60 minutes on the first and second days after 3 and 27 hours, respectively, after starting to hypoxia. Improved sleep efficiency, stage N3 and REM sleep and reduced wake after sleep onset were observed under hypoxia after acute physical exercise. Tension, anger, depressed mood, vigor and reaction time scores improved after exercise under hypoxia. We conclude that hypoxia impairs sleep, reaction time and mood. Acute physical exercise at 50% VO2peak under hypoxia improves sleep efficiency, reversing the aspects that had been adversely affected under hypoxia, possibly contributing to improved mood and reaction time.en
dc.description.affiliationDepartamento de Psicobiologia, Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), Brazil
dc.description.affiliationDepartamento de Biociências, Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), Brazil
dc.description.affiliationDepartamento de Educação Física, Universidade do Estado de São Paulo (UNESP), Presidente Prudente, São Paulo, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationDepartamento de Fisiologia, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Nutrição, (UNIFESP), Brazil
dc.description.affiliationDepartamento de Esportes, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationUnespDepartamento de Educação Física, Universidade do Estado de São Paulo (UNESP), Presidente Prudente, São Paulo, Brazil.
dc.description.sponsorshipAssociação Fundo de Incentivo a Psicofarmacologia (AFIP)
dc.description.sponsorshipCentros de Pesquisa, Expansão e Difusão do Instituto do Sono (CEPID/SONO)
dc.description.sponsorshipFundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)
dc.description.sponsorshipUniversidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP)
dc.description.sponsorshipCentro Multidisciplinar em Sonolência e Acidentes (CEMSA)
dc.description.sponsorshipCentro de Estudos em Psicobiologia e Exercício (CEPE)
dc.description.sponsorshipIdFAPESP: 2012/09236-4
dc.description.sponsorshipIdFAPESP: 2010/19026-1
dc.format.extent1-40
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physbeh.2015.10.028
dc.identifier.citationPhysiology & Behavior, p.1-40, 2015.
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.physbeh.2015.10.028
dc.identifier.issn1873-507X
dc.identifier.pubmed26522742
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/131673
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherElsevier B. V.
dc.relation.ispartofPhysiology & Behavior
dc.rights.accessRightsAcesso restrito
dc.sourcePubMed
dc.subjectHypoxiaen
dc.subjectMooden
dc.subjectPhysical exerciseen
dc.subjectReaction timeen
dc.subjectSleepen
dc.titleAcute physical exercise under hypoxia improves sleep, mood and reaction timeen
dc.typeArtigo
dcterms.rightsHolderElsevier B. V.
unesp.campusUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp), Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Presidente Prudentept

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