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The COL5A1 gene: a novel marker of endurance running performance.
Medicine and science in sports and exercise - 1 Apr 2011
Posthumus Michael, Schwellnus Martin P, Collins Malcolm
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Running economy, a key component of endurance ability, has been shown to be associated with flexibility. Increased stiffness (inflexibility) may improve running economy and therefore endurance running ability. The COL5A1 gene, which encodes the α1-chain of type V collagen, was found t...
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