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SUBMITTER: Berthelot G
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3682058 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Berthelot Geoffroy G Len Stéphane S Hellard Philippe P Tafflet Muriel M Guillaume Marion M Vollmer Jean-Claude JC Gager Bruno B Quinquis Laurent L Marc Andy A Toussaint Jean-François JF
Age (Dordrecht, Netherlands) 20110622 4
The physiological parameters characterizing human capacities (the ability to move, reproduce or perform tasks) evolve with ageing: performance is limited at birth, increases to a maximum and then decreases back to zero at the day of death. Physical and intellectual skills follow such a pattern. Here, we investigate the development of sport and chess performances during the lifetime at two different scales: the individual athletes' careers and the world record by age class in 25 Olympic sports ev ...[more]