Profiling Collapsing Half Marathon Runners-Emerging Risk Factors: Results from Gothenburg Half Marathon.
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SUBMITTER: Khorram-Manesh A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7022577 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec
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Profiling Collapsing Half Marathon Runners-Emerging Risk Factors: Results from Gothenburg Half Marathon.
Khorram-Manesh Amir A Löf Therese T Börjesson Mats M Nilson Finn F Thorsson Sofia S Lindberg Fredrik F Carlström Eric E
Sports (Basel, Switzerland) 20191225 1
Among several serious medical conditions, arrhythmia and heat stroke are two important causes of death during endurance races. Clinically, collapsing might be the first sign of these serious conditions and may mimic the more common and benign exercise-associated collapse. Several risk factors have been reported in the literature. We aimed to conduct a qualitative study to find a perceived risk profile among runners who collapsed and who were transported by ambulances to the nearest hospital duri ...[more]
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