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A study for prevention of chronic fatigue Part 1. Effects of endurance running during one month on blood properties and subjective fatigue
The principal objective of this paper is basic research on the development of methods for the prevention of chronic fatigue. Overtraining was paid special attention to as one of the types of chronic fatigue condition. Six healthy male participants in a distance-running competition were recruited and used as subjects for this study with informed consent for all examinations. Subjects, that is, participants in the competition, tried to achieve their objective maximum running distance designated before the competition during one month, while in the same period performing their routine work duties. It was reported that the competition caused participants to exhibit an overtrained condition. In this paper, effects of endurance running during one month on blood properties and the fatigue level felt by the subject (subjective fatigue) were studied