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Universität Frankfurt, Institut für Sportwissenschaften, Germany; craschka@gmx.de
Upper arm circumference is associated with race performance in ultra-endurance runners
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The influence of certain anthropometric parameters (body mass, height, length of lower limbs, skin-fold thicknesses, circumferences, muscle mass, body fat percentage and body mass index (BMI) on race performance in an ultra-endurance run (1200 km within 17 consecutive days, Deutschlandlauf 2006) is investigated in 19 male Caucasian runners (mean age 46.2 years, mean BMI 22.5 kg/m2). The upper arm circumference was the only anthropometric factor influencing performance (running time) significantly. The correlation between performance and anthropometry in endurance sports samples depends on four main factors: special anthropometric features of the investigated athletes (eg, sex, race), the level of performance of the investigated athletes, the selection of anthropometric parameters and the drop-out rate for non-anthropometric reasons.
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