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Reduced performance difference between sexes in master mountain and city marathon running
Reduced performance difference between sexes in master mountain and city marathon running Matthias A Zingg,1 Beat Knechtle,1,2 Christoph Al…
Increase in finishers and improvement of performance of masters runners in the Marathon des Sables
Increase in finishers and improvement of performance of masters runners in the Marathon des Sables Saskia Carolin Jampen,1 Beat Knechtle,1,…
Running Pace Decrease during a Marathon Is Positively Related to Blood Markers of Muscle Damage
Background Completing a marathon is one of the most challenging sports activities, yet the source of running fatigue during this event is n…
Effect of Antioxidant Supplementation on Exercise-Induced Cardiac Troponin Release in Cyclists: A Randomized Trial
Background Cardiac troponin is the biochemical gold standard to diagnose acute myocardial infarction. Interestingly however, elevated cardi…
Analysis of participation and performance in athletes by age group in ultramarathons of more than 200 km in length
Analysis of participation and performance in athletes by age group in ultramarathons of more than 200 km in length Matthias Zingg,1 Beat Kn…
Human skeletal muscle ascorbate is highly responsive to changes in vitamin C intake and plasma concentrations
ckground:Vitamin C (ascorbate) is likely to be essential for skeletal muscle structure and function via its role as an enzyme cofactor for …
Onset of blood lactate accumulation as a predictor of performance in top athletes
stigate whether the onset of blood lactate accumulation velocity (V OBLA ) is a good predictor of middle- and long-distance running perform…
Control and sensation of breathing during cycling exercise in hypoxia under naloxone: a randomised controlled crossover trial
Background:Opioid receptors are possibly involved in the perception of exertion and the ventilatory response to exercise. We compared incre…
Endurance Exercise and Conjugated Linoleic Acid (CLA) Supplementation Up-Regulate CYP17A1 and Stimulate Testosterone Biosynthesis
A new role for fat supplements, in particular conjugated linoleic acid (CLA), has been delineated in steroidogenesis, although the underlyi…
The psychobiological model: a new explanation to intensity regulation and (in)tolerance in endurance exercise
The mechanisms underpinning fatigue and exhaustion, and the specific sources of exercise-endurance intensity regulation and (in)tolerance h…
Concomitant Effects of Ramadan Fasting and Time-Of-Day on Apolipoprotein AI, B, Lp-a and Homocysteine Responses during Aerobic Exercise in Tunisian Soccer Players
Objective To examine the time-of-day and Ramadan fasting (RF) effects on serum apolipoprotein-AI (Apo-AI) and B (Apo-B), lipoprotein partic…
Anatomically Asymmetrical Runners Move More Asymmetrically at the Same Metabolic Cost
We hypothesized that, as occurring in cars, body structural asymmetries could generate asymmetry in the kinematics/dynamics of locomotion, …
Acute Hormonal and Force Responses to Combined Strength and Endurance Loadings in Men and Women: The “Order Effect”
Purpose To examine acute responses and recovery of serum hormones and muscle force following combined strength (S) and endurance (E) loadin…
Is Bone Tissue Really Affected by Swimming? A Systematic Review
Background Swimming, a sport practiced in hypogravity, has sometimes been associated with decreased bone mass. Aim This systematic review a…
Cardiac Autonomic Modulation Is Determined by Gender and Is Independent of Aerobic Physical Capacity in Healthy Subjects
Background Aerobic physical capacity plays an important role in reducing morbidity and mortality rates in subjects with cardiovascular dise…
High intensity interval running enhances measures of physical fitness but not metabolic measures of cardiovascular disease risk in healthy adolescents
Background With accumulating evidence suggesting that CVD has its origins in childhood, the purpose of this study was to examine whether a …
The Power of Auditory-Motor Synchronization in Sports: Enhancing Running Performance by Coupling Cadence with the Right Beats
Acoustic stimuli, like music and metronomes, are often used in sports. Adjusting movement tempo to acoustic stimuli (i.e., auditory-motor s…
Aerobic Capacity Reference Data in 3816 Healthy Men and Women 20–90 Years
This study provides reference data on aerobic fitness in a large sample of healthy Norwegian adults.
Hypoxic training and team sports: a challenge to traditional methods?
In 2007, Wilber 1 presented the main alti- tude/hypoxic training methods used by elite athletes:‘live high—train high’(LHTH) and‘live high—…
Salivary Surrogates of Plasma Nitrite and Catecholamines during a 21-Week Training Season in Swimmers
The collection of samples of saliva is noninvasive and straightforward, which turns saliva into an ideal fluid for monitoring the adaptive …
Age and gender difference in non-drafting ultra-endurance cycling performance - the ‘Swiss Cycling Marathon’
Background:In recent years, there was an increased interest in investigating the gender difference in performance and the age of peak perfo…
