Participation and performance trends in multistage ultramarathons-the 'Marathon des Sables' 2003-2012

Extreme Physiology and Medicine

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Knoth, Christoph ^a   Knechtle, Beat ^b,c   Rüst, Christoph Alexander ^b   Rosemann, Thomas ^b   Lepers, Romuald ^d  

^a Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology Kantonsspital St Gallen ^*  (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c Gesundheitszentrum St Gallen   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Gender difference; Nationality; Performance trends; Ultramarathon

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MARATHON RUNNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUNNING; SEX DIFFERENCE; VELOCITY; DATA ANALYSIS; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NATIONALITY; POPULATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RUNNING SPEED; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 84874128196     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20467648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2046-7648-1-13     Document Type: Article

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