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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Hum. Neurosci.
Sec. Motor Neuroscience
Volume 18 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2024.1455398
This article is part of the Research Topic Insights and Reviews In Movement Science View all 11 articles

Effect of partial sleep deprivation on cognitive and muscle performance

Provisionally accepted
Weiping Du Weiping Du 1Puyan Chi Puyan Chi 2Mingrui Shao Mingrui Shao 3Tao Xiao Tao Xiao 4*Shanguang Zhao Shanguang Zhao 5*Ting Peng Ting Peng 4Aiping Chi Aiping Chi 4
  • 1 Sports Institute, Ningxia Normal University, Guyuan, China
  • 2 Coventry's College of Business and Law, Coventry University, West Midlands, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
  • 3 School of Physical Education, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai, China
  • 4 School of Physical Education, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, China
  • 5 Department of Physical Education, Shanghai Maritime University, Shanghai, China

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    The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of partial sleep deprivation on the microstate characteristics of individuals' brains and their relationship with muscle function. Thirty-one male college students majoring in sports were recruited, and resting-state EEG signals were collected resting wakefulness (RW) after normal sleep or one-time partial sleep deprivation (PSD). Finally, they completed an isometric contraction test of the left biceps brachii until exhaustion. The weight of the muscle load was 30% of the subject's maximum contraction load (RM) of the biceps brachii, and the contraction time of the biceps brachii was recorded. The results showed that the time to exhaustion was significantly shortened after PSD than RW conditions (p < 0.001). Microstate analysis showed the duration and time coverage of microstate A in the RW condition were significantly longer than those in the PSD condition (p = 0.017, p = 0.02), while the occurrence and time coverage of microstate C were significantly lower than those in the PSD condition (p = 0.005, p = 0.008).Correlation analysis showed a positive correlation between the work capacity of muscle static contraction and the occurrence of sensory perception-related microstate B (p = 0.010, r = 0.46) and a negative correlation with the transition from microstate C to A. This study highlights that partial sleep deprivation leads to decreased cognitive efficiency and increased introspection, which diminishes muscle endurance, emphasizing the crucial role of sensory processing in supporting physical endurance.Ensuring adequate sleep not only helps maintain muscle function and endurance but also optimizes the brain's sensory processing capabilities.

    Keywords: Sleep Deprivation, muscle function, Brain microstates, adequate sleep, exercise performance

    Received: 26 Jun 2024; Accepted: 26 Aug 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Du, Chi, Shao, Xiao, Zhao, Peng and Chi. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence:
    Tao Xiao, School of Physical Education, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, China
    Shanguang Zhao, Department of Physical Education, Shanghai Maritime University, Shanghai, China

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