Plenty to learn from studies on runners over last half century

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Plenty to learn from studies on runners over last half century

Chris Milne

Chris Milne

Man running in mountains
Endurance running has become a popular sport and continues to contribute to medical knowledge [Image: Alessio Soggetti on Unsplash]

Sports physician Chris Milne provides some recommendations for those wanting to read more about running medicine, then explores how information derived from runners can be translated to other sectors of the population

Key points, Useful publications on running medicine include the Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences (1977;301[1]:1–1046), Tim Noakes’ book Lore of Running , Pract Green w Pale Yellow