The foot in multistage ultra-marathon runners: experience in a cohort study of 22 participants of the Trans Europe Footrace Project with mobile MRI

• Published in: BMJ Open
• Main Authors: Freund, Wolfgang, Weber, Frank, Billich, Christian, Schuetz, Uwe H
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: BMJ 2012
• Subjects: North Cape
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2012-001118; https://syndication.highwire.org/content/doi/10.1136/bmjopen-2012-001118

Objectives 67 runners participated in the Trans Europe FootRace 2009 (TEFR09), a 4487 km (2789 mi) multistage ultra-marathon covering the south of Europe (Bari, Italy) to the North Cape. Reports on ultra-marathons are lacking, but the literature reports overuse injuries in athletes, especially to th...