Adequate food intake is important prior to endurance running competitions to facilitate
adequate exercise intensity. However, no investigations have examined whether dietary …

The aim of this study was to investigate the expression of cardiac strain and damage in 18
male marathoners with average age of 52.8±5.0 years running at a 308 km ultra-marathon …

Background—exercise-induced muscle damage (EIMD) and internal exercise load are
increased after competing in ultraendurance events such as mountain marathons. Adequate …

Objectives Exercise leads to an increase in cardiac troponin I in healthy, asymptomatic
athletes after a marathon. Previous studies revealed single factors to relate to post-race …

Objectives The aim of this study was to investigate the relationships between protein intake
(during the tapering period and the race), marathon performance, body composition, acute …

Cardiac damage has recently been implicated in the aetiology of “exercise induced cardiac
dysfunction”. The humoral markers of cardiac damage that have been utilised to date are not …

The purposes of this study were to evaluate whether there were changes in markers of
cardiovascular and muscle damage and then to determine whether running economy (RE) …

The aim of the study was to evaluate changes in cardiac troponin I levels (cTnI) and the main
biomarkers of skeletal muscle damage after an uphill-only marathon, along with its …

The aim of this study was to determine the changes in endurance performance and
metabolic, hormonal, and inflammatory markers induced by endurance stress (marathon …

Moderate endurance exercise leads to an improvement in cardiovascular performance,
stress resilience, and blood function. However, the influence of chronic endurance exercise …