The Transeurope Footrace Project: longitudinal data acquisition in a cluster randomized mobile MRI observational cohort study on 44 endurance runners at a 64-stage 4,486km transcontinental ultramarathon

• Published in: BMC Medicine
• Main Authors: Schütz Uwe HW, Schmidt-Trucksäss Arno, Knechtle Beat, Machann Jürgen, Wiedelbach Heike, Ehrhardt Martin, Freund Wolfgang, Gröninger Stefan, Brunner Horst, Schulze Ingo, Brambs Hans-Jürgen, Billich Christian
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: BMC 2012
• Subjects: Medicine; R; North Cape; Bia
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1186/1741-7015-10-78; https://doaj.org/article/42b5534c953b4618ba59434f0ca9f382

Abstract Background The TransEurope FootRace 2009 (TEFR09) was one of the longest transcontinental ultramarathons with an extreme endurance physical load of running nearly 4,500 km in 64 days. The aim of this study was to assess the wide spectrum of adaptive responses in humans regarding the differe...