ReviewFrontiers in physiology2016
Master Athletes Are Extending the Limits of Human Endurance.
Review in Frontiers in physiology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 58 papers.
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- Athletes' origin trends in participation and performance of master runners in the New York City marathon (1999-2024): a sex- and age-group analysis.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Perceived Mental and Physical Fatigue, Stress and Recovery, and Workload in Masters Athletes Pre- and Post-Sailing Competition.European journal of sport science · 2026Article
- Ageing exacerbates the adverse effects of respiratory muscle fatigue on vascular function, locomotor muscle fatigue and exercise performance in males.Experimental physiology · 2026Article
- Declines in endurance swimming performance with age: Analysis of 40 years of Masters one-hour distance swims.Open access journal of sports medicine · 2026Article
- Maximising Triathlon Health and Performance: The State of the Art.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- The effect of age on heart rate variability indices during and following high-intensity continuous exercise in masters and young cyclists.European journal of applied physiology · 2025Article
- Exploring the physiological limits of aging: a case study of the male 50-km world record in the 80+ age category.Frontiers in physiology · 2025Article
- Freestyle master's swimming: Nationality, sex, and performance trends in World Aquatics competitions (1986-2024).PloS one · 2025Article
- Six-year follow-up of a world record-breaking master marathon runner.Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985) · 2024Article
- Ultra-Cycling- Past, Present, Future: A Narrative Review.Sports medicine - open · 2024Review
- Judo for older adults: the coaches' knowledge and needs of education.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2024Article
- Effects of a similar amount of regular non-structured or competitive physical activity across late adulthood: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2024Article
- Effect of 12 weeks of detraining and retraining on the cardiorespiratory fitness in a competitive master athlete: a case study.Frontiers in physiology · 2024Article
- The molecular athlete: exercise physiology from mechanisms to medals.Physiological reviews · 2023Review
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Abstract
The increased participation of master athletes (i.e., >40 years old) in endurance and ultra-endurance events (>6 h duration) over the past few decades has been accompanied by an improvement in their performances at a much faster rate than their younger counterparts. Aging does however result in a decrease in overall endurance performance. Such age-related declines in performance depend upon the modes of locomotion, event duration, and gender of the participant. For example, smaller age-related declines in cycling performance than in running and swimming have been documented. The relative stability of gender differences observed across the ages suggests that the age-related declines in physiological function did not differ between males and females. Among the main physiological determinants of endurance performance, the maximal oxygen consumption (VO
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