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The human gut microbiome of athletes: metagenomic and metabolic insights

Federico Fontana, Giulia Longhi, Chiara Tarracchini, Leonardo Mancabelli, Gabriele Andrea Lugli, Giulia Alessandri, Francesca Turroni, Christian Milani, Marco Ventura · Microbiome · 2023

Background The correlation between the physical performance of athletes and their gut microbiota has become of growing interest in the past…

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Exome-Wide Association Study of Competitive Performance in Elite Athletes

Celal Bulgay, Anıl Kasakolu, Hasan Hüseyin Kazan, Raluca Mijaica, Erdal Zorba, Onur Akman, İskender Bayraktar, Rıdvan Ekmekci, Seyrani Koncagul, Korkut Ulucan, Ekaterina A. Semenova, Andrey K. Larin, Nikolay A. Kulemin, Edward V. Generozov, Lorand Balint, Georgian Badicu, Ildus I. Ahmetov, Mehmet Ali Ergun · Genes · 2023

im of the study was to identify genetic variants associated with personal best scores in Turkish track and eld athletes and to compare alle…

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A Physiological Approach to Cardio-endurance Training: Indicators of Optimal Parasympathetic Input on Cardiovascular Regulation are Better Predictors of Running Performance of Distance Runners

Upendra K. D. C. Wijayasiri, Savithri W. Wimalasekere, Yoshihiro Ishikawa, Himansu Waidyasekara, Sivaygurunathan Sivayogan · European Journal of Sport Sciences · 2023

Poorly organized training schedules that are not focused on optimizing the cardiopulmonary fitness of the runner may lead to negative outco…

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Impact of air pollution on running performance

Marika Cusick, Sebastian T. Rowland, Nicholas DeFelice · Scientific Reports · 2023

This study assesses the impact of air pollution on the race performance of collegiate male athletes.