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Aug 2026
The impact of acute sleep fragmentation on muscle blood flow responses to handgrip exercise.
Sleep fragmentation is reported to impair resting vascular function. The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that acute sleep fragmentation would impair muscle blood flow during exercise. Twenty adults (10 females, 10 males) participated in a randomized crossover study that included one night of habitual sleep...
Gabriel Narvaez, Joaquin U. Gonzales
· Journal of applied physiolog... · 0 citations