January 20, 2017PLoS ONEOpen Access

Population Muscle Strength Predicts Olympic Medal Tallies: Evidence from 20 Countries in the PURE Prospective Cohort Study

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Population

152,610 participants aged 35-70 years from 21 high-, middle-, and low-income countries in the Prospective…

Design

Cross-sectional

Authors

DLDarryl P. Leong MMMartin McKee SYSalim Yusuf

Discussion

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Overview

Population grip strength associations with medals warrant no policy change; leaves open causal fitness-performance links needing longitudinal data.

Structured PICO

Population

152,610 participants aged 35-70 years from 21 high-, middle-, and low-income countries in the Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiology (PURE) study.

Outcome

Summer Olympic Games medal tallies over the five most recent Summer Games (2000-2016)

National population muscle strength (measured by grip strength) is strongly associated with Summer Olympic Games medal tallies, suggesting elite athletic performance reflects the average physical attributes of the population.

Limitations

Grip strength acts as a proxy for a range of other physiological characteristics
Cannot exclude genetically-based differences between countries with respect to muscle strength
Does not account for government policies in identifying and nurturing talent or immigration

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Leong et al. (2017) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a89c084abe412682d92ff40 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0169821

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January 20, 2017PLoS ONEOpen Access

Population Muscle Strength Predicts Olympic Medal Tallies: Evidence from 20 Countries in the PURE Prospective Cohort Study

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Population

152,610 participants aged 35-70 years from 21 high-, middle-, and low-income countries in the Prospective…

Design

Cross-sectional

Authors

DLDarryl P. Leong MMMartin McKee SYSalim Yusuf

Discussion

Member takes

Overview

Population grip strength associations with medals warrant no policy change; leaves open causal fitness-performance links needing longitudinal data.

Structured PICO

Population

152,610 participants aged 35-70 years from 21 high-, middle-, and low-income countries in the Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiology (PURE) study.

Outcome

Summer Olympic Games medal tallies over the five most recent Summer Games (2000-2016)

Limitations

Grip strength acts as a proxy for a range of other physiological characteristics
Cannot exclude genetically-based differences between countries with respect to muscle strength
Does not account for government policies in identifying and nurturing talent or immigration

Cite This Study

Leong et al. (2017) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a89c084abe412682d92ff40 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0169821

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