International Journal of Public Health (Feb 2022)
COVID-19 in German Competitive Sports: Protocol for a Prospective Multicenter Cohort Study (CoSmo-S)
- Andreas Michael Niess,
- Manuel Widmann,
- Roman Gaidai,
- Christian Gölz,
- Isabel Schubert,
- Katty Castillo,
- Jan Philipp Sachs,
- Daniel Bizjak,
- Shirin Vollrath,
- Fritz Wimbauer,
- Azin Vogel,
- Karsten Keller,
- Karsten Keller,
- Christof Burgstahler,
- Anne Quermann,
- Arno Kerling,
- Gerald Schneider,
- Jonas Zacher,
- Katharina Diebold,
- Maximilian Grummt,
- Claudia Beckendorf,
- Johannes Buitenhuis,
- Florian Egger,
- Andreas Venhorst,
- Oliver Morath,
- Friedrich Barsch,
- Klaus-Peter Mellwig,
- Julian Oesterschlink,
- Jan Wüstenfeld,
- Jan Wüstenfeld,
- Hans-Georg Predel,
- Peter Deibert,
- Birgit Friedmann-Bette,
- Frank Mayer,
- Anja Hirschmüller,
- Martin Halle,
- Jürgen Michael Steinacker,
- Bernd Wolfarth,
- Bernd Wolfarth,
- Tim Meyer,
- Erwin Böttinger,
- Marion Flechtner-Mors,
- Wilhelm Bloch,
- Bernhard Haller,
- Kai Roecker,
- Claus Reinsberger
Affiliations
- Andreas Michael Niess
- Department of Sports Medicine, University Hospital of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
- Manuel Widmann
- Department of Sports Medicine, University Hospital of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
- Roman Gaidai
- Department of Sports and Health, Institute of Sports Medicine, Paderborn University, Paderborn, Germany
- Christian Gölz
- Department of Sports and Health, Institute of Sports Medicine, Paderborn University, Paderborn, Germany
- Isabel Schubert
- Department of Sports Medicine, University Hospital of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
- Katty Castillo
- Institute of Medical Informatics, Statistics and Epidemiology, School of Medicine, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany
- Jan Philipp Sachs
- Hasso Plattner Institute, Digital Health Center, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany
- Daniel Bizjak
- Division of Sports and Rehabilitation Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital of Ulm, Ulm, Germany
- Shirin Vollrath
- Division of Sports and Rehabilitation Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital of Ulm, Ulm, Germany
- Fritz Wimbauer
- Department of Prevention and Sports Medicine, Center for Sports Cardiology/EAPC, School of Medicine, University Hospital “Klinikum Rechts der Isar”, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany
- Azin Vogel
- Department of Prevention and Sports Medicine, Center for Sports Cardiology/EAPC, School of Medicine, University Hospital “Klinikum Rechts der Isar”, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany
- Karsten Keller
- Department of Cardiology, Cardiology I, University Medical Center Mainz (Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz), Mainz, Germany
- Karsten Keller
- Medical Clinic VII, Department of Sports Medicine, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
- Christof Burgstahler
- Department of Sports Medicine, University Hospital of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
- Anne Quermann
- Medical Clinic VII, Department of Sports Medicine, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
- Arno Kerling
- Institute of Sports Medicine, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
- Gerald Schneider
- Institute of Sports Medicine, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
- Jonas Zacher
- 0Department I—Preventative and Rehabilitative Sports and Performance Medicine, Institute of Cardiology and Sports Medicine, German Sports University Cologne, Cologne, Germany
- Katharina Diebold
- 0Department I—Preventative and Rehabilitative Sports and Performance Medicine, Institute of Cardiology and Sports Medicine, German Sports University Cologne, Cologne, Germany
- Maximilian Grummt
- 1Department of Sports Medicine, Charité—Universitätsmedizin Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Claudia Beckendorf
- 2Center of Sports Medicine, University Outpatient Clinic, Potsdam, Germany
- Johannes Buitenhuis
- 2Center of Sports Medicine, University Outpatient Clinic, Potsdam, Germany
- Florian Egger
- 3Institute for Sport and Preventive Medicine, Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany
- Andreas Venhorst
- 3Institute for Sport and Preventive Medicine, Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany
- Oliver Morath
- 4Institute for Exercise and Occupational Medicine, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicince, Medical Center University of Freiburg, University of Freiburg, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
- Friedrich Barsch
- 4Institute for Exercise and Occupational Medicine, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicince, Medical Center University of Freiburg, University of Freiburg, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
- Klaus-Peter Mellwig
- 5Clinic for General and Interventional Cardiology/Angiology, Herz- und Diabeteszentrum NRW, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany
- Julian Oesterschlink
- 5Clinic for General and Interventional Cardiology/Angiology, Herz- und Diabeteszentrum NRW, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany
- Jan Wüstenfeld
- 1Department of Sports Medicine, Charité—Universitätsmedizin Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Jan Wüstenfeld
- 6Institute for Applied Training Science, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany
- Hans-Georg Predel
- 0Department I—Preventative and Rehabilitative Sports and Performance Medicine, Institute of Cardiology and Sports Medicine, German Sports University Cologne, Cologne, Germany
- Peter Deibert
- 4Institute for Exercise and Occupational Medicine, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicince, Medical Center University of Freiburg, University of Freiburg, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
- Birgit Friedmann-Bette
- Medical Clinic VII, Department of Sports Medicine, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
- Frank Mayer
- 2Center of Sports Medicine, University Outpatient Clinic, Potsdam, Germany
- Anja Hirschmüller
- 7Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, University Medical Center Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
- Martin Halle
- Department of Prevention and Sports Medicine, Center for Sports Cardiology/EAPC, School of Medicine, University Hospital “Klinikum Rechts der Isar”, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany
- Jürgen Michael Steinacker
- Division of Sports and Rehabilitation Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital of Ulm, Ulm, Germany
- Bernd Wolfarth
- 1Department of Sports Medicine, Charité—Universitätsmedizin Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Bernd Wolfarth
- 6Institute for Applied Training Science, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany
- Tim Meyer
- 3Institute for Sport and Preventive Medicine, Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany
- Erwin Böttinger
- Hasso Plattner Institute, Digital Health Center, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany
- Marion Flechtner-Mors
- Division of Sports and Rehabilitation Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital of Ulm, Ulm, Germany
- Wilhelm Bloch
- 8Department of Molecular and Cellular Sports Medicine, German Sport University, Cologne, Germany
- Bernhard Haller
- Institute of Medical Informatics, Statistics and Epidemiology, School of Medicine, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany
- Kai Roecker
- 9Institute for Applied Health Promotion and Exercise Medicine (IfAG), Furtwangen University, Furtwangen, Germany
- Claus Reinsberger
- Department of Sports and Health, Institute of Sports Medicine, Paderborn University, Paderborn, Germany
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/ijph.2022.1604414
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 67
Abstract
Objective: It is unclear whether and to what extent COVID-19 infection poses health risks and a chronic impairment of performance in athletes. Identification of individual health risk is an important decision-making basis for managing the pandemic risk of infection with SARS-CoV-2 in sports and return to play (RTP).Methods: This study aims 1) to analyze the longitudinal rate of seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 in German athletes, 2) to assess health-related consequences in athletes infected with SARS-CoV-2, and 3) to reveal effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in general and of a cleared SARS-CoV-2 infection on exercise performance. CoSmo-S is a prospective observational multicenter study establishing two cohorts: 1) athletes diagnosed positive for COVID-19 (cohort 1) and 2) federal squad athletes who perform their annual sports medical preparticipation screening (cohort 2). Comprehensive diagnostics including physical examination, laboratory blood analyses and blood biobanking, resting and exercise electrocardiogram (ECG), echocardiography, spirometry and exercise testing added by questionnaires are conducted at baseline and follow-up.Results and Conclusion: We expect that the results obtained, will allow us to formulate recommendations regarding RTP on a more evidence-based level.
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