1. Running effects on cognition and plasticity (ReCaP): study protocol of a longitudinal examination of multimodal adaptations of marathon running
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Mirjam Handrack, Tilmann Bunse, Astrid Roeh, Oliver Pogarell, Johannes Scherr, Julia Schoenfeld, Daniel Keeser, M. Lembeck, Martin Halle, Peter Falkai, Benjamin Pross, Birgit Ertl-Wagner, Alkomiet Hasan, University of Zurich, and Roeh, A
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Adult ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Marathon running ,Physical activity ,Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation ,610 Medicine & health ,Running ,Young Adult ,03 medical and health sciences ,Cognition ,0302 clinical medicine ,Physical medicine and rehabilitation ,2732 Orthopedics and Sports Medicine ,Surveys and Questionnaires ,medicine ,Humans ,Orthopedics and Sports Medicine ,Longitudinal Studies ,3612 Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation ,Neuronal Plasticity ,business.industry ,Cancer ,030229 sport sciences ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,Physical Endurance ,10046 Balgrist University Hospital, Swiss Spinal Cord Injury Center ,business ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery - Abstract
Regular moderate physical activity (PA) has been linked to beneficial adaptations in various somatic diseases (e.g. cancer, endocrinological disorders) and a reduction in all-cause mortality from several cardiovascular and neuropsychiatric diseases. This study was designed to investigate acute and prolonged exercise-induced cardio- and neurophysiological responses in endurance runners competing in the Munich Marathon. ReCaP (Running effects on Cognition and Plasticity) is a multimodal and longitudinal experimental study. This study included 100 participants (20-60 years). Six laboratory visits were included during the 3-month period before and the 3-month period after the Munich marathon. The multimodal assessment included laboratory measurements, cardiac and cranial imaging (MRI scans, ultrasound/echocardiography) and neurophysiological methods (EEG and TMS/tDCS), and vessel-analysis (e.g. retinal vessels and wave-reflection analyses) and neurocognitive measurements. The ReCaP study was designed to examine novel exercise-induced cardio- and neurophysiological responses to marathon running at the behavioral, functional and morphological levels. This study will expand our understanding of exercise-induced adaptations and will lead to more individually tailored therapeutic options.
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- 2020