Body mass and circumference of upper arm are associated with race performance in ultraendurance runners in a multistage race : the Isarrun 2006

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Deutscher übersetzter Titel:Körpermasse und Oberarmumfang stehen im Zusammenhang mit der Rennleistung von Ultra-Ausdauerläufern in einem Mehretappenrennen : der Isarrun 2006
Autor:Knechtle, Beat; Duff, Brida; Welzel, Ulrich; Kohler, Götz Franz Richard
Erschienen in:Research quarterly for exercise and sport
Veröffentlicht:80 (2009), 2, S. 262-268, Lit.
Format: Literatur (SPOLIT)
Publikationstyp: Zeitschriftenartikel
Medienart: Gedruckte Ressource Elektronische Ressource (online)
Sprache:Englisch
ISSN:0270-1367, 2168-3824
DOI:10.1080/02701367.2009.10599561
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Erfassungsnummer:PU200911006307
Quelle:BISp

Abstract des Autors

In the present study, the authors investigated the association of anthropometric parameters with race performance in ultraendurance runners in a multistage ultraendurance run, in which athletes had to run 338 km within 5 consecutive days. In 17 male successful finishers, calculations of body mass, body height, skinfold thicknesses, extremity circumference, skeletal muscle mass (SM), and percentage body fat (%BF) were performed before the race to correlate anthropometric parameters with race performance. A positive association was shown between total running time and both body mass (r2=.29, p<.05) and upper arm circumference (r2=.23, p<.05). In contrast, body height, skinfold thicknesses, extremity circumference, SM, and %BF showed no association with race performance (p>.05). The authors concluded that in a multistage ultraendurance run, body mass and upper arm circumference were negatively associated with race performance in well experienced ultraendurance runners. In contrast, body height, skinfold thicknesses, circumferences of the other extremities, SM, and %BF showed no association with race performance. Verf.-Referat (geändert)