Hyponatriämie bei Mountainbikern

No case of exercise-associated hyponatremia in male ultra-endurance mountain bikers in the ‘Swiss Bike Masters’ The prevalence of the stress-associated hyponatremia has been studied for swimmers, runners, cyclists and triathlets, but not in mountain bikers.

Often mountain bikers lead liquids and big quantities and could easily supply large quantities of fluids. On the ‘Swiss Bike Masters’ we found in a collective of 37 long-distance mountain bikers not a single case of stress-associated hyponatemia, read below https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22229504/

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Differences between finishers and non-finishers in an ultra-wheel race

Finishers and Nonfinishers in the ‘Swiss Cycling Marathon ’ to Qualify for the ‘Race across America’ Often it is reported in sport only by the successful winners or finishers, while non-finishers are not appreciated.Basically, one could expect that there are differences between finishers and non-finishers, which can be important for future starters on an ultra competition. We have compared successful finishers with failed non-finishers at the Swiss Cycling Marathon and tries to find performance-based factors for a successful finish, the results can be found under https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22080313/

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What happens during a 24-hour wheel race?

Physiological Demands of Cyclists during an Ultra-Endurance Relay Race: A Field Study Report To date, we have a lot of knowledge for individual athletes in extreme expenses, but there are no data for long-term burdens that are completed in a team. A Spanish group has examined team cyclists at a 24-hour wheel race.

There were clear differences in dependence on the number of drivers in the team. The study can be found under https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22135913/

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Ultrarunners Longitudinal TRAcking (ULTRA) Study For a research project, Prof. Martin Hoffman from the USA is looking for Ultralaufen, which has now completed at least one ultramarathon of more than 50 km. In his project, it’s about the question of whether the training for UltraNauf has a positive or negative impact on health.After completing the online questionnaire, the subjects will be questioned in periodic intervals for their health. The study can be found under https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/nct02014038

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Study “Motivational aspects of extreme endurance sports” For a research project of the Department of Motivational Psychology of the University of Zurich, we are looking for endurance athletes who specialize in extreme long distances.Here we understand competitions that last longer than 6 hours.We want to find out more about what it needs to provide such a willpass and what the motivational aspects that lead to the exercise of these sports.For example, research knows, for example, hardly answers to the following questions: What drives people to such extraordinary high performance?What distinguishes extreme endurance athletes from other athletes?Do you have special motivational and willing competencies?Are you resembling yourself in your personality and differing from non-athletes here? With the participation in the study, the athletes make an important contribution to finding out more about this topics that have not yet been not yet explored.As a thank you, the participants receive a detailed feedback on the results of the study. The questionnaire is now available for online editing.The link to the German version of the online questionnaire is: https://psychmserver.uzh.ch/limesurvey/index.php?sid=43859&lang=en

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Medical problems in an ultramarathon

Al Andalus Ultra Trail: An Observation of Medical Interventions During a 219-km, 5-Day Ultramarathon Stage Race. At a multi-stap running over 219 km, all medical problems of the runners were registered.

Overall, 56.5% of the runners complained about medical problems.In 22.2% of the runners, there were problems of lower extremity. The whole study can be found under https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21860348/

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What happens during a tenfold Ironman

Pacing Strategy and Change in Body Composition During a Deca Iron Triathlon We examined the finishers at the ‘World Challenge Deca Iron Triathlon’ of 2006, 2007 and 2009 with regard to the change in body masses as well as the factors that correlate with the conclusion. It seems that the athletes are behaved with respect to the calling temple so that they can keep the continuous removal of body mass under control.This seems necessary to be necessary. The study can be found under https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22129824/

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Hyponatremia in ultra swimming

Higher prevalence of exercise-associated hyponatremia in female than in male open-water ultra-endurance swimmers: the ‘Marathon-Swim’ in Lake Zurich The stress-associated hyponatremia has been studied for runners, triathlets and cyclists, but not in floats.$ We studied the prevalence of stress-associated hyponatemia at the marathon swimming in Zurich Lake and found amazing results. The can be read below https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21748367/

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