# Conclusion

In this course you have explored how a topic can be examined using a multidisciplinary approach made up of different disciplines in sports science. In particular, you have seen how sport physiology and sport psychology and, more briefly, sociological perspectives, can highlight different aspects of extreme endurance activities.

## Key learning points

The main learning points for this course are:

- A multidisciplinary approach can be applied to provide different perspectives on a topic.
- Extreme endurance activities are those endurance activities that are significantly longer than normally accepted endurance distances.
- People engage in extreme endurance activities for multiple reasons, including finding out how far they can push themselves, or to deal with difficult times in their lives and overcome mental health challenges.
- Extreme endurance athletes may respond to pain differently or use different strategies to manage sensations of pain. They also exhibit high levels of mental toughness and resilience.

This OpenLearn course is an example of level 1 study in Sport and fitness. You might be interested in the related Open University course E114 Active bodies: introducing the study of sport and exercise.

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