RUNNERS are likely to have a stronger skeleton than cyclists according to the authors of a new study presented at the European Congress of Endocrinology.
Previous findings by scientists from Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi in Milan said cyclists racing in ultraendurance events suffered chronic bone resorption – where calcium from bone is released into the blood stream, weakening the skeleton. So they set out to discover if the same is true in runners.
Researchers measured two vital bone constituents and hormones in elite mountain ultra runners before and after a 65km mountain ultramarathon race.