Sleep Status and Chronotype in University Athletes with and without Chronic Low Back Pain: A Cross-Sectional Study

Abstract

Objective This study aimed to evaluate the status of sleep, chronotype, and related variables of university athletes with and without chronic low back pain (CLBP), to find the correlation between CLBP, sleep difficulty score (SDS), and chronotype, and to determine if SDS and chronotype predict CLBP.

Keywords

• sleep
• sports
• university athletes
• chronic low back pain
• chronotype
• pain