| Title |
Running Performance, VO2max, and Running Economy: The Widespread Issue of Endogenous Selection Bias
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Sports Medicine, October 2017
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| DOI | 10.1007/s40279-017-0789-9 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Nicolai T. Borgen |
| Abstract |
Studies in sport and exercise medicine routinely use samples of highly trained individuals in order to understand what characterizes elite endurance performance, such as running economy and maximal oxygen uptake ([Formula: see text]). However, it is not well understood in the literature that using such samples most certainly leads to biased findings and accordingly potentially erroneous conclusions because of endogenous selection bias. In this paper, I review the current literature on running economy and [Formula: see text], and discuss the literature in light of endogenous selection bias. I demonstrate that the results in a large part of the literature may be misleading, and provide some practical suggestions as to how future studies may alleviate endogenous selection bias. |
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|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 7 | 35% |
| Canada | 2 | 10% |
| Finland | 1 | 5% |
| Russia | 1 | 5% |
| United States | 1 | 5% |
| Australia | 1 | 5% |
| Unknown | 7 | 35% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Scientists | 8 | 40% |
| Members of the public | 8 | 40% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 2 | 10% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 2 | 10% |
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| Unknown | 83 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Student > Master | 13 | 16% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 11 | 13% |
| Student > Bachelor | 10 | 12% |
| Researcher | 8 | 10% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 4 | 5% |
| Other | 19 | 23% |
| Unknown | 18 | 22% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Sports and Recreations | 44 | 53% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 6 | 7% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 3 | 4% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 3 | 4% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 1 | 1% |
| Other | 5 | 6% |
| Unknown | 21 | 25% |
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