Stitch Pain: New light on stitch

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A new Australian study offers valuable insights into the common but potentially disabling sport-related condition known colloquially as ‘stitch’ (‘Epidemiology of exercise-related transient abdominal pain at the Sydney City to Surf community run’, J Sci Med Sport 2005; 8:2:152-162).

In a previous study – the largest published on the subject – the researchers found that 60% of runners had experienced exercise-related transient abdominal pain (ETAP) while running within the past year, but this was a retrospective study based on recall.

The aim of the current study was to investigate the acute experience of ETAP in a single running event to develop a better understanding of its prevalence and characteristics and assess the influence of personal characteristics and pre-event nutrition on its development.

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	Author:	whatsnew (whatsnew's profile, whatsnew's blog)
	Posted On:	Friday, 27th October '06, 12:59pm
	Tags:	Injury, Research Findings and Sports
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