The good, the bad, and the ugly of consumer sleep technologies use among athletes: A call for action

J Sport Health Sci. 2023 Jul;12(4):486-488. doi: 10.1016/j.jshs.2023.02.005. Epub 2023 Mar 1.

¹ High Institute of Sport and Physical Education of Sfax, University of Sfax, Sfax 3000, Tunisia; Research Laboratory: Education, Motricity, Sport and Health, University of Sfax, Sfax 3000, Tunisia. Electronic address: trabelsikhaled@gmail.com.
² Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, University Sleep Disorders Center, King Saud University, Riyadh 2925, Saudi Arabia; The Strategic Technologies Program of the National Plan for Sciences and Technology and Innovation in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
³ Research Unit: Physical Activity, Sport, and Health, National Observatory of Sport, Tunis 1003, Tunisia.
⁴ Govermental Hospitals, Manama 329, Kingdom of Bahrain; Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine and Medical Sciences, Arabian Gulf University, Manama 329, Kingdom of Bahrain.
⁵ Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-6560, USA.

Abstract

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Consumer sleep technologies (CSTs) are the numerous software and hardware products that claim to monitor and even enhance sleep.
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At this time, CSTs cannot be used for the diagnosis or treatment of sleep problems.
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Orthosomnia is the name for a CST-driven obsession with getting the best possible sleep.