Ultramarathon is an outstanding model for the study of adaptive responses to extreme load and stress

BMC Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Millet, Grégoire P ^a   Millet, Guillaume Y ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Cerebral adaptations; Extreme environment; Overload pathologies; Ultra endurance

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARTHRITIS; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BODY COMPOSITION; BRAIN FUNCTION; ENDURANCE; ENDURANCE TRAINING; EXERCISE; HUMAN; KNEE; LEG MUSCLE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE REGENERATION; NORMAL HUMAN; NOTE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PSYCHOMETRY; RUNNING; SPORT; ULTRAMARATHON; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; INJURY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SPORT INJURY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ATHLETIC INJURIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PSYCHOMETRICS; RUNNING; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84864393234     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1741-7015-10-77     Document Type: Note

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