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Experimental Aging Research
An International Journal Devoted to the Scientific Study of the Aging Process
Volume 34, 2007 - Issue 1
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Does Lifelong Training Temper Age-Related Decline in Sport Performance? Interpreting Differences Between Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Data

Bradley W. Young School of Human Kinetics, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Patricia L. Weir Department of Kinesiology, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, Canada
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Janet L. Starkes Department of Kinesiology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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Nikola Medic Department of Kinesiology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Pages 27-48 | Received 11 Nov 2005, Accepted 01 Sep 2006, Published online: 11 Jan 2008

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Nikola Medic, BradleyW. Young & Dragana Medic. (2011) Participation-related relative age effects in Masters swimming: A 6-year retrospective longitudinal analysis. Journal of Sports Sciences 29:1, pages 29-36.
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Nikola Medic, JanetL. Starkes, PatriciaL. Weir, BradleyW. Young & RobertJ. Grove. (2009) Relative Age Effect in Masters Sports. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport 80:3, pages 669-675.
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Bergita Ganse & Hans Degens. (2021) Current Insights in the Age-related Decline in Sports Performance of the Older Athlete. International Journal of Sports Medicine 42:10, pages 879-888.
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Christoph Hoog Antink, Anne K Braczynski, Anthony Kleerekoper, Hans Degens & Bergita Ganse. (2021) Longitudinal Master Track and Field Performance Decline Rates Are Lower and Performance Is Better Compared to Athletes Competing Only Once. The Journals of Gerontology: Series A 76:8, pages 1376-1381.
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Bergita Ganse, Anthony Kleerekoper, Matthias Knobe, Frank Hildebrand & Hans Degens. (2020) Longitudinal trends in master track and field performance throughout the aging process: 83,209 results from Sweden in 16 athletics disciplines. GeroScience 42:6, pages 1609-1620.
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Werner F. Helsen, Nikola Medic, Janet L. Starkes & Andrew M. Williams. (2020) The Constituent Year Effect in European Track and Field Masters Athletes: Evidence of Participation and Performance Advantages. Journal of Aging and Physical Activity 28:1, pages 63-72.
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Samantha Fien, Mike Climstein, Clodagh Quilter, Georgina Buckley, Timothy Henwood, Josie Grigg & Justin W.L. Keogh. (2017) Anthropometric, physical function and general health markers of Masters athletes: a cross-sectional study. PeerJ 5, pages e3768.
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David Geard, Peter R.J. Reaburn, Amanda L. Rebar & Rylee A. Dionigi. (2017) Masters Athletes: Exemplars of Successful Aging?. Journal of Aging and Physical Activity 25:3, pages 490-500.
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Reeshad S. Dalal, Devasheesh P. Bhave & John Fiset. (2014) Within-Person Variability in Job Performance. Journal of Management 40:5, pages 1396-1436.
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Geoffroy Berthelot, Stéphane Len, Philippe Hellard, Muriel Tafflet, Marion Guillaume, Jean-Claude Vollmer, Bruno Gager, Laurent Quinquis, Andy Marc & Jean-François Toussaint. (2011) Exponential growth combined with exponential decline explains lifetime performance evolution in individual and human species. AGE 34:4, pages 1001-1009.
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K. Anders Ericsson & Tyler J. Towne. (2010) Expertise. WIREs Cognitive Science 1:3, pages 404-416.
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