Why the study?
Does running a marathon induce interstitial lung edema and affect pulmonary function in healthy subjects?
Population
36 healthy subjects, mean age 34 years, BMI 23.7 kg/m2, participating in a marathon.
Comparison
Running a marathon vs Baseline (pre-marathon measurements)
Design
Cohort, Radiographs evaluated by two experienced readers blinded to the time…
Follow-up
Up to 73 (27) minutes post marathon finish
Authors
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Mild post-marathon edema appears benign without function correlation in healthy runners; hypothesis-generating for mechanisms and at-risk groups.
Does running a marathon induce interstitial lung edema and affect pulmonary function in healthy subjects?
Marathon running can induce mild, physiologically insignificant interstitial lung edema that does not correlate with small post-race decreases in pulmonary function.
Zavorsky et al. (2014) studied this question.
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