Open AccessMusculoskeletal Injuries in a Six-Day Track Race
Author(s) -
Graeme W. Bishop,
Kieran Fallon
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
clinical journal of sport medicine
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.99
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1536-3724
pISSN - 1050-642X
DOI - 10.1097/00042752-199910000-00006
Subject(s) - medicine , tendonitis , ankle , physical therapy , foot (prosody) , tendinopathy , prospective cohort study , surgery , physical medicine and rehabilitation , tendon , linguistics , philosophy
To document injuries during a 6-day track race (in which direction was reversed every 2 hours) and compare these injuries with those incurred during other ultra-marathon track and road races, and to investigate a characteristic ultra-marathon injury, tendonitis of the ankle dorsiflexors.