Too much too early? An analysis of worldwide childhood ultramarathon participation and attrition in adulthood.

CONCLUSIONS: Childhood participants has been growing exponentially over the last 20 years. While few of those children continue to complete ultramarathons into adulthood, the finding that some have continued well into adulthood suggests there is no obligate serious adverse physical impairment resulting from childhood ultramarathon participation. PMID: 31373190 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness - Category: Sports Medicine Tags: J Sports Med Phys Fitness Source Type: research