Diurnal change in stature: effects of sleep deprivation in young men and middle-aged men.
Sleep deprivation was associated with decreased stature and it blunted the normal 24-h rhythm in young and in middle-aged men. Loss in stature was regained during the first recovery night of sleep. The 24-h rhythm in height is not an endogenous circadian rhythm but depends upon the periods of recumbency over the sleep/wake cycle.
D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D001827:Body Height; D002940:Circadian Rhythm; D006801:Humans; D007403:Intervertebral Disc / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011187:Posture; D012890:Sleep / Q000502:physiology; D012892:Sleep Deprivation; D013314:Stress, Mechanical