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Table 3 Relevant accidents and damage to MRI and vehicles during the TEFR project

From: The Transeurope Footrace Project: longitudinal data acquisition in a cluster randomized mobile MRI observational cohort study on 44 endurance runners at a 64-stage 4,486km transcontinental ultramarathon

No.

stage

location

(Figure 1)

event

(Figure 3)

MR down time

1

0

Bari, Southern Italy

Defect of MRI table.

24 hours

2

12

Lugo to Alberone, Northern Italy

Truck collision on bridge over the river Po.

-

3

33

Bad Segeberg, Nothern Germany

Roof damage on MRI trailer.

-

4

36

Göteborg to Sjövik, Southern Sweden

Total system breakdown, damage of one compressor.

16 hours

5

38

Kristinehamn, Central Sweden

Truck sunken in football sand-field.

5 hours

6

45

Hackas, Central Sweden

Severe ankle fracture of MRI assistant.

16 hours

7

56

Svapparaava, Northern Sweden

Total rupture of tractor to trailer cables.

2 hours

8

after race

nearby Gällivare, Northern Sweden

Reindeer collision on the way back from North Cape: total damage of material van.

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