Achilles tendon thickness reduces immediately after a marathon

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• who: Isabelle Scott from the Twenty-five experienced runners (all had run more than , km per week (range, ), on average, for the last , years) from running clubs in the local London area were recruited to participate in the studyRunners were included if they planned to complete the full London marathon and had at least one Achilles tendon without a history of rupture or surgery. Participants were nonsmokers and were not taking medication known to affect tendon structure (e_g fluoroquinolones and statins). Runners provided written informed consent, and ethical approval was obtained from the Queen Mary University Research . . .
  

   

  

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