Hamar Institute for Human Performance, Faculty of Physical Education and Sports, Comenius University in Bratislava, 814 69 Bratislava, Slovakia.
Department of Biological and Medical Sciences, Faculty of Physical Education and Sports, Comenius University in Bratislava, 814 69 Bratislava, Slovakia.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Oct 13;19(20):13184. doi: 10.3390/ijerph192013184.
Regular physical activity, recommended by the WHO, is crucial in maintaining a good physical fitness level and health status and slows down the effects of aging. However, there is a lack of knowledge of whether lifelong endurance running, with a volume and frequency above the WHO limits, still brings the same benefits, or several negative effects too. The present study aims to examine the protentional benefits and risks of lifelong endurance running training in Master male athletes, as this level of physical activity is above the WHO recommendations. Within the study, four main groups of participants will be included: (1) endurance-trained master athletes, (2) endurance-trained young athletes, (3) young sedentary adults, and (4) elderly sedentary. Both groups of athletes are strictly marathon runners, who are still actively running. The broad spectrum of the diagnostic tests, from the questionnaires, physical fitness testing, and blood sampling to muscle biopsy, will be performed to obtain the possibility of complexly analyzing the effects of lifelong endurance physical activity on the human body and aging. Moreover, the study will try to discover and explain new relationships between endurance running and diagnostic parameters, not only within aging.
定期的身体活动是世界卫生组织推荐的，对于保持良好的身体适应水平和健康状况至关重要，并且可以减缓衰老的影响。然而，对于终身耐力跑步，其运动强度和频率均超过世界卫生组织的限制，是否仍能带来相同的益处，还是存在一些负面影响，人们对此知之甚少。本研究旨在探讨终身耐力跑步训练对男性大师运动员的潜在益处和风险，因为这种运动强度高于世界卫生组织的建议。在研究中，将纳入四个主要的参与者组别：（1）耐力训练的大师运动员，（2）耐力训练的年轻运动员，（3）年轻久坐的成年人，以及（4）老年久坐者。两组运动员都是严格的马拉松运动员，仍在积极跑步。将进行广泛的诊断测试，从问卷调查、体能测试和血液采样到肌肉活检，以复杂地分析终身耐力运动对人体和衰老的影响。此外，该研究还将试图发现并解释耐力跑步与诊断参数之间的新关系，不仅在衰老方面。
