Investigation of sleep quality in adolescent athletes and the relationship of insomnia with overuse injuries

Aim: The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between sleep quality and insomnia of amateur licensed football players at Bodrum Football Club and excessive use injuries. Materials and Methods: In our study, 105 football players with an average age of 15.48 ± 1.86 were included. The participating football players were surveyed about their demographic information, sleep quality, insomnia, daytime sleepiness, and overuse injuries. Kolmogorov-Smirnov and test were used to examine the normal distribution of the data obtained from the surveys. For the examination of independent variables, univariate methods used were the Mann-Whitney U test for numerical data and the chi-square test for categorical data. Linear regression analysis was used to examine factors that had a statistically significant effect on the dependent variables under investigation. In all analyses, p < 0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results: According to the findings obtained from the analysis of the data, it was determined that 27.6% of the athletes had poor sleep quality, 30.5% were at the insomnia threshold according to the Insomnia severity index (ISI) score, and 3.8% experienced moderate insomnia. After performing regression analysis with Oslo sports trauma research center overuse injury questionnare (OSTRC-O) values, it was observed that overuse injuries occurring in the hip region were associated with poor sleep quality, and poor sleep quality significantly increased the OSTRC-O scores. Conclusion:It was determined that sleep quality has an impact on the occurrence of overuse injuries in the hip region. To prevent overuse injuries, it is recommended to implement interventions that improve sleep quality and to conduct more studies to better understand the relationship between overuse injuries and sleep.