ReviewSports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.)2003
Endurance training and performance in runners: research limitations and unanswered questions.
Review in Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.), 2003. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Who cites it
22 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- The effect of strength training on performance in endurance athletes.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2014Pooled it
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- Does Distance Matter? Metabolic and Muscular Challenges of a Non-Stop Ultramarathon with Sub-Analysis Depending on Running Distance.Nutrients · 2025Observational
- Changes in Anthropometric and Performance Parameters in High-Level Endurance Athletes during a Sports Season.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Predictive Performance Models in Long-Distance Runners: A Narrative Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Review
- Association between Trace Elements and Body Composition Parameters in Endurance Runners.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Hormonal Changes in High-Level Aerobic Male Athletes during a Sports Season.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Predictors of long-distance race performance in master runners.Journal of human sport and exercise · 2020Article
- Effects of marathon training on maximal aerobic capacity and running economy in experienced marathon runners.Journal of human sport and exercise · 2020Article
- The relationships between age and running performance variables in master runners.Sport sciences for health · 2019Article
- "Frontiers in sports and active living · 2019Review
- Secular Trend in Thinness Prevalence for 26 Years (1989 - 2014) among High School Runners in Japan.Asian journal of sports medicine · 2016Article
- 10 km running performance predicted by a multiple linear regression model with allometrically adjusted variables.Journal of human kinetics · 2016Article
- Changes in Endurance Performance in Young Athletes During Two Training Seasons.Journal of human kinetics · 2015Article
- BMI, a performance parameter for speed improvement.PloS one · 2014Article
- Effects of recovery mode (active vs. passive) on performance during a short high-intensity interval training program: a longitudinal study.European journal of applied physiology · 2013Article
- More men run relatively fast in U.S. road races, 1981-2006: a stable sex difference in non-elite runners.Evolutionary psychology : an international journal of evolutionary approaches to psychology and behavior · 2011Article
- Are there differences in running economy at different velocities for well-trained distance runners?European journal of applied physiology · 2010Article
- Influence of anthropometry on race performance in extreme endurance triathletes: World Challenge Deca Iron Triathlon 2006.British journal of sports medicine · 2007Article
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Abstract
The purpose of this review is to discuss several limitations common to research concerning running and, secondly, to identify selected areas where additional research appears needed. Hopefully, this review will provide guidance for future research in terms of topics, as well as design and methodology. Limitations in the research include: lack of longitudinal studies, inadequate description of training status of individuals, lack of confirmation of state of rest, nourishment and hydration, infrequent use of allometric scaling to express oxygen uptake, relative neglect of anaerobic power and physical structure as determinants of performance, neglect of the central nervous system, and reliance on laboratory data. Further research in a number of areas is needed to enhance our knowledge of running performance. This includes: body mass as a performance determinant, evaluation of methods used to measure economy of running, assessing the link between strength and running performance, and further examination of training methods. While the amount of research on distance running is voluminous, the present state of knowledge is somewhat restricted by the limitations in research design and methodology identified here.
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