Master's performance in the New York City Marathon 1983-1999
Master's performance in the New York City Marathon 1983-1999
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DOI：
10.1136/bjsm.2002.003566
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发表时间：
2004-08-01
影响因子：
18.4
通讯作者：
Cooper, AJ
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作者：
Jokl, P;Sethi, PM;Cooper, AJ
背景资料：老年人的体力活动被认为可以通过其对废用性萎缩的影响来减缓自然衰老过程。（年龄在50岁以上）的男性和女性运动员，作为一个群体，在过去的二十年里，他们的跑步时间比年轻的运动员有更大的提高。运用线性回归分析方法对1983 - 1999年纽约市马拉松的415000名运动员的跑步时间、年龄和性别进行了研究。结果：硕士研究生的人数增长率高于年轻研究生（p< 0.05）。在过去的二十年里，前50名男性和女性完成者的跑步时间显示，大师组的进步明显大于年轻年龄组（p< 0.001）。结论：参加纽约市马拉松的速度在大师组比其他年龄组更快。男女大师继续以比年轻运动员更快的速度提高跑步时间，后者的表现水平已经稳定下来。这是比较硕士运动员与年轻同行以及男性与女性运动员的最大规模的研究。
Background: Physical activity in older people is believed to slow down the natural aging process through its effects on disuse atrophy.Objectives: To show that elite master ( age above 50) male and female athletes, as a group, have improved their running times over the last two decades at a greater rate than their younger counterparts.Methods: Running time, age, and sex of all 415 000 runners in the New York City Marathon from 1983 to 1999 were examined using linear regression analysis. Results: The number of master participants increased at a greater rate than their younger counterparts (p< 0.05). Running times for the top 50 male and female finishers over the past two decades showed significantly greater improvement in the master groups than in the younger age groups ( p< 0.001).Conclusions: Participation in the New York City Marathon is increasing at a higher rate in the master groups than in other age groups. Male and female masters continued to improve running times at a greater rate than the younger athletes, whose performance levels have plateaued. This is the largest study to compare master athletic performance with younger counterparts and men with women.