About the Authors

Sebastian Gehlert

Gehlert@dshs-koeln.de

Affiliations Department of Molecular and Cellular Sport Medicine, Institute of Cardiovascular Research and Sport Medicine, German Sport University Cologne, Cologne, Germany, The German Research Center of Elite Sport, German Sport University Cologne, Germany

Gerd Bungartz

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cellular Sport Medicine, Institute of Cardiovascular Research and Sport Medicine, German Sport University Cologne, Cologne, Germany

Lena Willkomm

Affiliations Department of Molecular and Cellular Sport Medicine, Institute of Cardiovascular Research and Sport Medicine, German Sport University Cologne, Cologne, Germany, The German Research Center of Elite Sport, German Sport University Cologne, Germany

Yüksel Korkmaz

Affiliation Department of Operative Dentistry, Periodontics and Endodontics, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany

Kurt Pfannkuche

Affiliation Institute of Neurophysiology, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany

Thorsten Schiffer

Affiliation Outpatient Clinic for Sportstraumatology, German Sport University Cologne, Germany

Wilhelm Bloch

Affiliations Department of Molecular and Cellular Sport Medicine, Institute of Cardiovascular Research and Sport Medicine, German Sport University Cologne, Cologne, Germany, The German Research Center of Elite Sport, German Sport University Cologne, Germany

Frank Suhr

Affiliations Department of Molecular and Cellular Sport Medicine, Institute of Cardiovascular Research and Sport Medicine, German Sport University Cologne, Cologne, Germany, The German Research Center of Elite Sport, German Sport University Cologne, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SG FS. Performed the experiments: SG LW TS FS. Analyzed the data: SG KP FS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YK. Wrote the paper: SG GB WB FS.