Born to run. Studying the limits of human performance

BMC Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Murray, Andrew ^a   Costa, Ricardo J S ^b  

^a Sportscotland Institute of Sport   (United Kingdom)

^b Faculty of Engineering and Computing   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Endurance; Hydration; Musculoskeletal; Nutrition; Physical inactivity; Race; Runners; Trans continental; Ultra marathon

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; BLOOD SAMPLING; EDITORIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ENDURANCE TRAINING; FITNESS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MARATHON RUNNER; MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SPORTING EVENT; URINALYSIS; X RAY; ATHLETE; ENDURANCE; FEMALE; MALE; NOTE; RUNNING;

ATHLETES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; RUNNING;

EID: 84864747856     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1741-7015-10-76     Document Type: Editorial

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