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Resistance training does not alter same‐day sleep architecture in institutionalized older adults
Author(s) -
Herrick Jeffrey E.,
Puri Shipra,
Richards Kathy C.
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of sleep research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.297
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1365-2869
pISSN - 0962-1105
DOI - 10.1111/jsr.12590
Subject(s) - sleep architecture , resistance training , training (meteorology) , sleep (system call) , psychology , resistance (ecology) , gerontology , physical medicine and rehabilitation , architecture , medicine , physical therapy , psychiatry , computer science , history , polysomnography , geography , electroencephalography , operating system , ecology , archaeology , meteorology , biology
Summary Sleep disturbance is a common symptom in institutionalized older adults that reduces their quality of life and may contribute to progression of cognitive impairment. While we found that a 7‐week combination of resistance training, walking and social activity significantly improved sleep in institutionalized older adults compared with a usual care control group, no one to our knowledge has determined the acute effects of resistance training on same‐day sleep in this population. Given the effort required to promote exercise adherence in institutionalized older adults and to obtain a positive training effect, understanding of the acute effects of resistance training on same‐day sleep architecture should be elucidated, especially with respect to unintended consequences. This secondary data analysis assessed if resistance training altered the same‐day sleep architecture in institutionalized older adults. Forty‐three participants (age 81.5 ± 8.1 years, male = 17, female = 26) had two attended overnight polysomnography tests in their rooms for sleep architecture analysis; one polysomnography with same‐day resistance training, one without any resistance training. Resistance training consisted of chest and leg press exercises (three sets, eight repetitions, 80% predicted one‐repetition maximum). There were no significant changes in sleep architecture between either polysomnography nights; sleep efficiency ( P = 0.71), time in non‐rapid eye movement stages ( P = 0.50), time in rapid eye movement stages ( P = 0.14), time awake ( P = 0.56), time until sleep onset ( P = 0.47), total sleep stage shifts ( P = 0.65) or rapid eye movement sleep stage latency ( P = 0.57). Our results show no acute same‐day effects of resistance training on sleep architecture in institutionalized older adults. Clinical Trial Registration ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00888706.