Effects of Short-Term Intake of Montmorency Tart Cherry Juice on Sleep Quality after Intermittent Exercise in Elite Female Field Hockey Players: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Jinwook Chung, Minkyung Choi and Kihyuk Lee ()
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Jinwook Chung: Department of Sport Culture, Dongguk University, 30, Pildong-ro 1gil, Jung-gu, Seoul 04620, Korea
Minkyung Choi: Department of Sports Science Convergence, Dongguk University, 30, Pildong-ro 1gil, Jung-gu, Seoul 04620, Korea
Kihyuk Lee: Department of Sports Science Convergence, Dongguk University, 30, Pildong-ro 1gil, Jung-gu, Seoul 04620, Korea

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 16, 1-10

Abstract: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of short-term consumption of tart cherry juice on levels of cortisol and melatonin and sleep quality after intermittent exhaustion exercise in female elite field hockey players. A total of 19 field hockey players participated in the present study for 5 days. The individuals were divided into the placebo group (PLA, n = 9) and the tart cherry juice group (TCJ, n = 10), respectively. Actigraphy devices were distributed to analyze sleep quality and participants were required to wear the device while sleeping until the study was completed. Participants consumed tart cherry juice or placebo drinks five times in a total of 48 h while double-blinded after intermittent exhaustion exercise. A significant interaction effect (group × time) between PLA and TCJ groups was not observed in the levels of melatonin and cortisol. The variables of sleep quality showed significant interaction effects with regards to the total time in bed (TTB; p = 0.015), wake after sleep onset (WASO; p = 0.044), and movement index (MI; p = 0.031) variables. As a result, our study confirmed the possibility that the short-term intake of tart cherry juice could not change the levels of melatonin and cortisol in elite female hockey players but could help improve their sleep quality.

Keywords: tart cherry juice; recovery; melatonin; cortisol; sleep quality; actigraphy; female field hockey players (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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