TAP reading note: Effects of recovery sleep after one work week of mild sleep restriction on interleukin-6 and cortisol secretion and daytime sleepiness and performance
After two extended recovery nights, sleepiness and IL-6 returned toward baseline in this experiment, while sustained-attention performance did not improve. Recovery depended on which outcome was examined.
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What the study found
After two extended recovery nights, sleepiness and IL-6 returned toward baseline in this experiment, while sustained-attention performance did not improve. Recovery depended on which outcome was examined.
Scope & limitations
30 healthy young adults in a 13-night laboratory protocol.
The sample and observation period were limited. The study shows changes in different outcomes within a specific recovery window; long-term cycles of restriction and recovery require longer follow-up.
Population & sample
30 healthy young adults in a 13-night laboratory protocol.
Exposure or intervention
Four baseline nights with eight-hour opportunities, six restricted nights with six-hour opportunities, and three scheduled recovery nights with ten-hour opportunities.
Outcomes
IL-6 and cortisol profiles, subjective and objective sleepiness, and psychomotor vigilance performance.
Time frame
Main assessments at baseline, after restriction and after two recovery nights within the 13-night protocol.
Research funding
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Research conflicts of interest
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Reading scope
Based on the original publication’s abstract and bibliographic record. This is a selected reading note, not a systematic appraisal.
References
Publication record
TAP-RDN-0026 · v0.2 · English
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