Keeping Athletes Healthy at the 2020 Tokyo Summer Games: Considerations and Illness Prevention Strategies

Lauren C. Keaney; Andrew E. Kilding; Fabrice Merien; Fabrice Merien; Deborah K. Dulson

doi:10.3389/fphys.2019.00426

Frontiers in Physiology (Apr 2019)

Keeping Athletes Healthy at the 2020 Tokyo Summer Games: Considerations and Illness Prevention Strategies

Lauren C. Keaney,
Andrew E. Kilding,
Fabrice Merien,
Fabrice Merien,
Deborah K. Dulson

Affiliations

Lauren C. Keaney: Sports Performance Research Institute New Zealand, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand
Andrew E. Kilding: Sports Performance Research Institute New Zealand, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand
Fabrice Merien: Sports Performance Research Institute New Zealand, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand
Fabrice Merien: AUT Roche Diagnostics Laboratory, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand
Deborah K. Dulson: Sports Performance Research Institute New Zealand, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2019.00426
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10

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Keeping athletes healthy will be important for optimal athletic performance at the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games. Athletes will be exposed to several stressors during the preparatory and competition phases of the Summer Games that have the potential to depress immunity and increase illness risk. This mini-review provides an overview on effective and practical stressor-specific illness prevention strategies that can be implemented to maintain and protect the health of Olympic and Paralympic athletes.

Published in Frontiers in Physiology

ISSN: 1664-042X (Online)
Publisher: Frontiers Media S.A.
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Science: Physiology
Website: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/physiology

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