Why the study?
Does ultra-endurance training alter echocardiographic parameters in middle-aged amateur athletes compared to healthy controls?
Population
17 males, median age 42 in runners and 44 in controls.
Comparison
Ultra-endurance training vs Healthy male controls
Design
Cross-sectional, Echocardiographic measures performed by a cardiologist…
Key result
Amateur middle-aged ultra-endurance trailers exhibited significantly larger left atrial dimensions (P=0.001) and altered left ventricular ejection fraction (P=0.027) compared to healthy controls.
Authors
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Hypothesis-generating for cardiac adaptation in amateur ultra-endurance athletes; leaves open clinical relevance and need for prospective outcome studies.
Cross-Sectional (n=17)
Single-blind
Does ultra-endurance training alter echocardiographic parameters in middle-aged amateur athletes compared to healthy controls?
p-value: p=0.001
Amateur middle-aged ultra-endurance athletes show physiological echocardiographic adaptations including larger left atrial dimensions and higher left ventricular contractility parameters compared to healthy controls.
Didier et al. (2026) conducted a cross-sectional in Ultra-endurance athletes (n=17). Ultra-endurance running vs. Healthy male controls was evaluated on Echocardiographic features including left atrial dimensions and left ventricular contractility parameters (p=0.001). Amateur middle-aged ultra-endurance trailers exhibited significantly larger left atrial dimensions (P=0.001) and altered left ventricular ejection fraction (P=0.027) compared to healthy controls.
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