Sauna bathing: motivations, perceived benefits, and gender differences- a descriptive health promotion study.
International journal of circumpolar health · DOI 10.1080/22423982.2026.2710003
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Sleep & Passive Heating
Studies connecting sauna, hot bathing or passive heating with sleep outcomes.
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32 publications · 22 trials
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Systematic review / meta-analysis1
Randomized controlled trial2
Controlled / clinical trial2
Observational research1
Other research26
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Testosterone-Optimizing Strategies in Athletes.
Sports health · DOI 10.1177/19417381251411933
Symptom Relief From Tub Bathing in Terminal Cancer: A Multicenter, Controlled Observational Study.
Journal of pain and symptom management · DOI 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2025.11.017
Women's perceptions of sauna bathing and its impact on health and well-being: insights from a cross-sectional study.
International journal of circumpolar health · DOI 10.1080/22423982.2025.2595806
Sauna bathing in northern Sweden: results from the MONICA study 2022.
International journal of circumpolar health · DOI 10.1080/22423982.2024.2419698
Heatwaves and human sleep: Stress response versus adaptation.
Journal of the neurological sciences · DOI 10.1016/j.jns.2023.120862
Correlation analysis between sleep quality and the mental health status of female sex workers during the COVID-19 pandemic in Hubei Province.
Frontiers in endocrinology · DOI 10.3389/fendo.2023.1193266
International, multidisciplinary Delphi consensus recommendations on non-pharmacological interventions for fibromyalgia.
Seminars in arthritis and rheumatism · DOI 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2022.152101
A comparison of medium-term heat acclimation by post-exercise hot water immersion or exercise in the heat: adaptations, overreaching, and thyroid hormones.
American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology · DOI 10.1152/ajpregu.00315.2021
A review of Japanese-style bathing: its demerits and merits.
Journal of physiological anthropology · DOI 10.1186/s40101-022-00278-0
The Prevalence of Use of Various Post-Exercise Recovery Methods after Training among Elite Endurance Athletes.
International journal of environmental research and public health · DOI 10.3390/ijerph182111698
Hot-water bathing before bedtime and shorter sleep onset latency are accompanied by a higher distal-proximal skin temperature gradient in older adults.
Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine · DOI 10.5664/jcsm.9180
The Cardiometabolic Health Benefits of Sauna Exposure in Individuals with High-Stress Occupations. A Mechanistic Review.
International journal of environmental research and public health · DOI 10.3390/ijerph18031105
Exposure to total 36-hr sleep deprivation reduces physiological and psychological thermal strain to whole-body uncompensable passive heat stress in young adult men.
Journal of sleep research · DOI 10.1111/jsr.13055
Turning up the heat on COVID-19: heat as a therapeutic intervention.
F1000Research · DOI 10.12688/f1000research.23299.2
A hot topic for health: Results of the Global Sauna Survey.
Complementary therapies in medicine · DOI 10.1016/j.ctim.2019.03.012
Seizure precipitants in Dravet syndrome: What events and activities are specifically provocative compared with other epilepsies?
Epilepsy & behavior : E&B · DOI 10.1016/j.yebeh.2015.05.008
Efficacy of regular sauna bathing for chronic tension-type headache: a randomized controlled study.
Journal of alternative and complementary medicine (New York, N.Y.) · DOI 10.1089/acm.2013.0466
Passive body heating improves sleep patterns in female patients with fibromyalgia.
Clinics (Sao Paulo, Brazil) · DOI 10.6061/clinics/2013(02)oa03
New type of sauna-related burn: conductive contact burn.
The Journal of craniofacial surgery · DOI 10.1097/SCS.0b013e31826d08fd
Fatigue in multiple sclerosis patients.
Journal of clinical nursing · DOI 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2008.02733.x
Sleep under extreme environments: effects of heat and cold exposure, altitude, hyperbaric pressure and microgravity in space.
Journal of the neurological sciences · DOI 10.1016/j.jns.2007.06.040
The effects of repeated thermal therapy for two patients with chronic fatigue syndrome.
Journal of psychosomatic research · DOI 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2004.11.005
Attitudes towards treatment among patients suffering from sleep disorders. A Latin American survey.
BMC family practice · DOI 10.1186/1471-2296-4-17
Effects of passive body heating on body temperature and sleep regulation in the elderly: a systematic review.
International journal of nursing studies · DOI 10.1016/s0020-7489(02)00023-8
More than a marker: interaction between the circadian regulation of temperature and sleep, age-related changes, and treatment possibilities.
Chronobiology international · DOI 10.1081/cbi-100101050
Lack of effect of external warming on sleep architecture in sleep apnea/hypopnea syndrome.
The American review of respiratory disease · DOI 10.1164/ajrccm/145.1.137
Transdermal oestrogen replacement therapy in a Finnish population.
Maturitas · DOI 10.1016/0378-5122(91)90236-j
The effect of afternoon body heating on body temperature and slow wave sleep.
Psychophysiology · DOI 10.1111/j.1469-8986.1990.tb01976.x
Self-evaluations of factors promoting and disturbing sleep: an epidemiological survey in Finland.
Social science & medicine (1982) · DOI 10.1016/0277-9536(88)90313-9
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