Death During Jogging or Running: A Study of 18 Cases
Abstract
We investigated the circumstances of death and the medical and activity histories of 18 individuals who died during or immediately after jogging. Thirteen men died of coronary heart disease (CHD) and four men and one woman died of other causes. Six CHD subjects had medical histories relevant to the cardiovascular system, but only one had diagnosed CHD. Six CHD subjects experienced prodromal symptoms but continued vigorous exercise programs. Two subjects had exercised less than a month, but most had trained regularly for years. The CHD risk factors for the CHD cases did not differ significantly from those for other age-matched, physically active men. Superior physical fitness does not guarantee protection against exercise deaths. Physicians and exercising adults should be aware of this fact and give appropriate attention to possible prodromal symptoms.
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The high prevalence of cardiovascular disease risk factors among adults, combined with the extreme rarity of exercise-related sudden cardiac death and acute myocardial infarction, suggests that the ability to predict these rare events by assessing cardiovascular disease risk factors is low.
“First, the high prevalence of CVD risk factors among adults, combined with the extreme rarity of exercise-related SCD and AMI, suggests that the ability to predict these rare events by assessing CVD risk factors is low (42).”
From Updating ACSM's Recommendations for Exercise Preparticipation Health Screening (2015) · cites this paper as [42]
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- Authors
- Thompson, P. D.
- Corresponding author
- Thompson, Paul D.
- Venue
- JAMA
- Publisher
- American Medical Association (AMA)
- Published
- 1979-09-21
- Volume
- 242
- Issue
- 12
- Pages
- 1265
- ISSN
- 0002-9955 (ISSN-L)
- 0098-7484
- OpenAlex
- W4241081304
- Cited by
- 193
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 7.62
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- JAMA (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Cardiovascular Effects of Exercise
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Physical Activity and Health
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Complementary and alternative medicine › Cardiovascular and exercise physiology
- Keywords
- exercise-related death, jogging, running, coronary artery disease, sudden cardiac death, prodromal symptoms, physical fitness, cardiovascular risk factors
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Blood Pressure, Cardiovascular Diseases, Cholesterol, Coronary Disease, Death, Sudden, Female, Heat Exhaustion, Humans, Jogging, Male, Middle Aged, Cardiomyopathies, Running, Triglycerides
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