About the Authors

Sarah Breitbach

Affiliation Department of Sports Medicine, Rehabilitation and Prevention, Johannes Gutenberg-University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany

Suzan Tug

Affiliation Department of Sports Medicine, Rehabilitation and Prevention, Johannes Gutenberg-University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany

Susanne Helmig

Affiliation Department of Sports Medicine, Rehabilitation and Prevention, Johannes Gutenberg-University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany

Daniela Zahn

Affiliation Department of Health Psychology, Johannes Gutenberg-University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany

Thomas Kubiak

Affiliation Department of Health Psychology, Johannes Gutenberg-University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany

Matthias Michal

Affiliation Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Johannes Gutenberg-University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany

Tommaso Gori

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Angiology and Internal Medicine, Johannes Gutenberg-University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany

Tobias Ehlert

Affiliation Department of Sports Medicine, Rehabilitation and Prevention, Johannes Gutenberg-University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany

Thomas Beiter

Affiliation Department of Sports Medicine, Medical Clinic, Eberhard-Karls-University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany

Perikles Simon

simonpe@uni-mainz.de

Affiliation Department of Sports Medicine, Rehabilitation and Prevention, Johannes Gutenberg-University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SB PS ST DZ TK MM TG SH TE. Performed the experiments: SB SH TE TB. Analyzed the data: SB PS ST. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PS. Wrote the manuscript: SB PS ST. Recruitment: SB PS DZ TK MM TG.