Here are five key points:
1. He participated in a study performed as part of the Trans Europe Foot Race project.
2. Researchers followed 44 athletes with a modern 1.5 Tesla MRI mounted on a custom made 38 ton trailer truck throughout Europe over the course of 64 days.
3. They found that the joint cartilage is initially altered by the running. Beneath the first 1,000 to 1,500 km the cartilage begins degrading, but after further continuous running, the cartilage shows the ability to partially regenerate.
4. While this is the first time measured and observed in humans, Scandinavian studies have showed similar results in the dog cartilage.
5. Dr. Schütz hopes that in future research the cartilage develops an equilibrium between degradation processes and regeneration processes when involved with running a distance longer than 4,500 km.
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