| Title |
Declines in swimming performance with age: a longitudinal study of Masters swimming champions
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Open Access Journal of Sports Medicine, March 2013
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| DOI | 10.2147/oajsm.s37718 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Robert T Rubin, Sonia Lin, Amy Curtis, Daniel Auerbach, Charlene Win |
| Abstract |
Because of its many participants and thorough records, competitive Masters swimming offers a rich data source for determining the rate of physical decline associated with aging in physically fit individuals. The decline in performance among national champion swimmers, both men and women and in short and long swims, is linear, at about 0.6% per year up to age 70-75, after which it accelerates in quadratic fashion. These conclusions are based primarily on cross-sectional studies, and little is known about individual performance declines with aging. Herein we present performance profiles of 19 male and 26 female national and international champion Masters swimmers, ages 25 to 96 years, participating in competitions for an average of 23 years. |
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| United States | 1 | 33% |
| Unknown | 2 | 67% |
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| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 2 | 67% |
| Members of the public | 1 | 33% |
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| New Zealand | 1 | 3% |
| Portugal | 1 | 3% |
| Unknown | 36 | 95% |
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| Student > Bachelor | 6 | 16% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 6 | 16% |
| Student > Master | 4 | 11% |
| Researcher | 3 | 8% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 3 | 8% |
| Other | 3 | 8% |
| Unknown | 13 | 34% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Sports and Recreations | 15 | 39% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 5 | 13% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 2 | 5% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 1 | 3% |
| Mathematics | 1 | 3% |
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