Effects of sleep deprivation on anaerobic exercise-induced changes in auditory brainstem evoked potentials

Summary Background The present study was designed to assess how anaerobic exercise affects auditory brainstem response (ABR) parameters, and whether one night of sleep deprivation could alter these possible exercise-induced changes in ABRs. Methods Seven healthy, audiologically normal male students (mean age 22·4 ± 1·0 years) participated in the study. All subjects underwent anaerobic Wingate test for three times: (i) baseline, (ii) following a full-night of habitual sleep and (iii) following one night of sleep deprivation. ABR measurements were performed before and after the second and the third Wingate tests. Oral body temperatures were recorded at the beginning of all ABR measurements. Results The latencies of wave III and V significantly shortened by anaerobic loading performed in the day after habitual sleep (4·13 ± 0·10 versus 4·01 ± 0·17 ms, P