Structural brain differences between ultra-endurance athletes and sedentary persons
| Autor: | Laurie Rauch, M. Jankiewicz, T. Paruk, K. Van Breda, Michael King, Dan J. Stein |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
lcsh:R5-920 biology medicine.diagnostic_test Athletes business.industry education Physical activity Physical Therapy Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation Magnetic resonance imaging Ironman athletes biology.organism_classification Brain size medicine Physical therapy Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Ultra-racing Ultra-training business lcsh:Medicine (General) human activities Ultra endurance MRI |
| Zdroj: | Sports Medicine and Health Science, Vol 2, Iss 2, Pp 89-94 (2020) |
| ISSN: | 2666-3376 |
| Popis: | Participation in ultra-endurance events has increased in recent years and requires extreme levels of moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA). Moderate levels of MVPA have been associated with increased brain volume but the effects of extreme levels of MVPA on brain volume is unknown. As a result, we sought to compare the brains of those who engage in extremely high levels of MVPA with those who are sedentary using magnetic resonance imaging. We performed whole brain volumetric analyses and voxel-based morphometry on 12 ultra-endurance athletes (1078.75 ± 407.86 min of MVPA/week) and 9 sedentary persons (18.0 ± 56.9 min of MVPA/week). Whole-brain analyses revealed that those who participate in ultra-endurance training have increased grey (p |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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