Embodied experiences of injured endurance runners: a qualitative meta-synthesis

A meta-synthesis was conducted to explore the experiences of ultra-runners who had sustained a running related injury. We identified 10 narrative studies which were synthesised thematically before being re-organised within an Embodiment framework producing 5 taxonomies; The Disciplined Body, Embodied Distress, Corporeal Running Identity, Intersubjectivity of pain and Embodied Coping. Ultra-running is a body centred activity exemplifying Merleau-Ponty’s embodiment. These runners develop a heightened kinaesthetic awareness and embodied sense of space developed through many hours of ‘burning in’ movement pathways. Running as a habituated and pre-reflective action means that when experiencing injury, the entire world of the ultra-runner is disrupted, calling into question their corporeal identity. Ultra-runners who experience pain or injury may have the opportunity to resist dominant pain narratives by adopting an embodied approach to healing. This meta-synthesis has implications for further research, examining the embodied meaning injured ultra-runners make from injury and how this impacts their experiences of their bodies.</p

Additional file 3: of Exome-chip meta-analysis identifies novel loci associated with cardiac conduction, including ADAMTS6

Video S1. (Quicktime) Video to illustrate the DORV phenotype finding in an Adamts6 mutant heart. (MOV 1983 kb

Additional file 2: of Exome-chip meta-analysis identifies novel loci associated with cardiac conduction, including ADAMTS6

Figure S1. Manhattan plot for European and African-American ancestry single variant analysis. Figure S2. Quantile-quantile plot for European and African-American ancestry single variant analysis. Figure S3. Manhattan plot for EA single variant analysis. Figure S4. QQ plot for EA single variant analysis. Figure S5. Manhattan plot for AA single variant analysis. Figure S6. Quantile-quantile plot for AA single variant analysis. Figure S7. Miami plot European and African-American ancestry sex-stratified single variant analysis. Figure S8. Quantile-quantile plots for European and African-American ancestry sex-stratified single variant analyses. Figure S9. Normal morphology of adult Adamts6 heterozygous hearts. (DOCX 4290 kb