A prospective cohort study of 7031 distance runners shows that 1 in 13 report systemic symptoms of an acute illness in the 8-12 day period before a race, increasing their risk of not finishing the race 1.9 times for those runners who started the race: SAFER study IV

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 15, 2016, Pages 939-945

  Van Tonder, Anri ^a   Schwellnus, Martin ^a,b,c   Swanevelder, Sonja ^d   Jordaan, Esme ^d,e   Derman, Wayne ^c,f   Van Rensburg, Dina C Janse ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c Academic Medical Center VU University Medical Center   (South Africa)

^d SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^f UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; RUNNING; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; RUNNING; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84977570540     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: 14730480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2016-096190     Document Type: Article

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