April 12, 2017British Journal of Sports MedicineOpen Access

Recent acute prerace systemic illness in runners increases the risk of not finishing the race: SAFER study V

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Why the study?

Does acute prerace systemic illness increase the risk of not starting or not finishing a race in runners?

Structured PICO

Does acute prerace systemic illness increase the risk of not starting or not finishing a race in runners?

Population

53,906 runners, including 172 prospectively evaluated in the 3 days before the race for acute infective illness (58.7% localised, 41.3% systemic) and 53,734 control runners.

Intervention

Acute infective illness (systemic or localised) diagnosed in the 3 days before the race

Comparator

Control group of runners without illness

Outcome

Did-not-start and did-not-finish frequencies

Runners with a recent acute systemic illness, particularly within 24 hours of a race, have a significantly higher risk of not finishing, indicating reduced performance.

Authors

LGLeigh GordonUniversity of Cape Town MSMartin SchwellnusSouth African Medical Research Council SSSonja SwanevelderSouth African Medical Research Council

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Implication

Suggests acute prerace illness may substantially impair endurance performance; leaves open whether specific pre-.

Cite This Study

Gordon et al. (2017) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7d27671e774f560a42508c https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2016-096964

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Recent acute prerace systemic illness in runners increases the risk of not finishing the race: SAFER study V

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Recent acute prerace systemic illness in runners increases the risk of not finishing the race: SAFER study V

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Discussion

Implication

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