Sleep under fire: towards a tripartite circadian-neuroendocrine framework for conflict-zone athletes

From the report

The physiological burden of armed conflict on athletic populations remains under-represented in sports medicine research.1 For instance, athletes across conflict-affected regions, including the Eastern Mediterranean, Middle East, sub-Saharan Africa, Eastern Europe and South Asia, continue to train and compete under sustained threat exposure that conventional periodisation and recovery models do not accommodate. Conflict exposure activates…