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PMID: 20606519 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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OBJECTIVE: To report the number of marathon finishers younger than 18 years and race day medical encounters at the same site and to compare them with adult finishers. DESIGN: Retrospective cohort study. SETTING: Urban 42-km road race. PARTICIPANTS: Twin Cities Marathon finishers. ASSESSMENT OF RISK FACTORS: The race records from 1982 to 2007 were assessed for finishers younger than 18 years to determine the number of finishers and medical encounters, incidence of race-related medical encounters, and type and severity of medical problems. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Age group marathon finishers and medical encounters. RESULTS: Three hundred ten marathon (225 boys and 85 girls) aged 7 to 17 years finished the race with times ranging from 2:53:22 to 6:10:00. There were 4 medical encounters (minor in nature and required no intervention beyond a short period of rest) for an incidence of 12.9 per 1000 finishers. The odds ratio for youth compared with adult finish line medical encounters was 0.52 (P = 0.2658; 95% confidence interval, 0.19-1.39). CONCLUSIONS: Three hundred ten youth marathon successfully finished Twin Cities Marathon over 26 years with only 4 requiring post-race medical evaluations. The relative risk of requiring acute race day medical attention was less than, but not statistically different from, adult finishers. |
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Authors:
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William O Roberts; William G Nicholson |
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Clinical journal of sport medicine : official journal of the Canadian Academy of Sport Medicine Volume: 20 ISSN: 1536-3724 ISO Abbreviation: Clin J Sport Med Publication Date: 2010 Jul |
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Created Date: 2010-07-07 Completed Date: 2010-10-29 Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9103300 Medline TA: Clin J Sport Med Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 318-21 Citation Subset: IM |
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Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. rober037@umn.edu |
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Adolescent Child Cohort Studies Fatigue / epidemiology Female Health Services / utilization* Humans Male Minnesota Retrospective Studies Running* Severity of Illness Index |
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