Increased running speed and pre-race muscle damage as risk factors for exercise-associated muscle cramps in a 56 km ultra-marathon: A prospective cohort study

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 1132-1136

  Schwellnus, Martin P ^a,b   Allie, Siddieq ^a   Derman, Wayne ^a,b   Collins, Malcolm ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b International Olympic Committee   (South Africa)

^c SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CRAMP; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; RUNNING; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADULT; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CRAMP; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; RUNNING;

EID: 80054040681     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: 14730480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.2010.082677     Document Type: Article

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