BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine (Dec 2020)
Recommendations for return to sport during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic
- Nick Webborn,
- Xavier Bigard,
- David Niederseer,
- Irina Zelenkova,
- Luigi Di Luigi,
- Michiko Dohi,
- Bernd Wolfarth,
- Jeroen Swart,
- James Lee John Bilzon,
- Victoriya Badtieva,
- Theodora Papadopoulou,
- Maurizio Casasco,
- Michael Geistlinger,
- Norbert Bachl,
- Fabio Pigozzi,
- Herbert Löllgen,
- Andrew Shafik,
- Graham Holloway,
- Karin Vonbank,
- Nigel Edward Jones,
- Joachim Meyer,
- Borja Muniz-Pardos,
- Andre Debruyne,
- Petra Zupet,
- Jürgen M Steinacker,
- Anca Ionescu,
- Patrick Singleton,
- Mike Miller,
- Yannis P Pitsiladis
Affiliations
- Nick Webborn
- 14 School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences, Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK
- Xavier Bigard
- Union Cycliste Internationale, Aigle, Switzerland
- David Niederseer
- 11 Department of Cardiology, University Heart Center Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Irina Zelenkova
- 1Pediatrics and Child Health Research Institute of Petrovsky National Research Center of Surgery, Moscow, Russia
- Luigi Di Luigi
- Unit of Endocrinology - Department of Movement, Human and Health Sciences, University of Rome Foro Italico, Rome, Italy
- Michiko Dohi
- Japan Football Association Clinic, Tokyo, Japan
- Bernd Wolfarth
- International Federation of Sports Medicine, Fédération Internationale de Médecine du Sport (FIMS), Lausanne, Switzerland
- Jeroen Swart
- International Federation of Sports Medicine, Lausanne, Switzerland
- James Lee John Bilzon
- International Federation of Sports Medicine (FIMS), Lausanne, Switzerland
- Victoriya Badtieva
- Sport Medicine, I M Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Moscow, Russia
- Theodora Papadopoulou
- Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre, Stanford Hall, Loughborough, UK
- Maurizio Casasco
- Italian Federation of Sports Medicine (FMSI), Rome, Italy
- Michael Geistlinger
- International Federation of Sports Medicine, Lausanne, Switzerland
- Norbert Bachl
- International Federation of Sports Medicine, Lausanne, Switzerland
- Fabio Pigozzi
- Department of Movement, Human and Health Sciences, University of Rome Foro Italico, Rome, Italy
- Herbert Löllgen
- European Federation of Sports Medicine Associations, Lausanne, Switzerland
- Andrew Shafik
- 7 South Tyneside NHS Foundation Trust, Sunderland, UK
- Graham Holloway
- 5 British Association of Sport and Exercise Medicine, Doncaster, UK
- Karin Vonbank
- 9 Department of Pneumology, Pulmonary Function Laboratory, Medicine Clinic (KIMII), University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
- Nigel Edward Jones
- 5 British Association of Sport and Exercise Medicine, Doncaster, UK
- Joachim Meyer
- 14 Lung Center, Clinic Bogenhausen, Munich, Germany
- Borja Muniz-Pardos
- GENUD Research group, Faculty of Health and Sport Sciences, University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain
- Andre Debruyne
- European Federation of Sports Medicine Associations, Lausanne, Switzerland
- Petra Zupet
- 1 European Federation of Sports Medicine Associations (EFSMA), Lausanne, Switzerland
- Jürgen M Steinacker
- Division of Sports and Rehabilitation Medicine, University Hospital Ulm, Ulm, Germany
- Anca Ionescu
- International Federation of Sports Medicine, Lausanne, Switzerland
- Patrick Singleton
- World Olympians Association (WOA), Lausanne, Switzerland
- Mike Miller
- World Olympians Association (WOA), Lausanne, Switzerland
- Yannis P Pitsiladis
- 1 Department of Movement, Human and Health Sciences, University of Rome Foro Italico, Roma, Italy
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjsem-2020-000858
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 6,
no. 1
Abstract
In this viewpoint we make specific recommendations that can assist and make the return to sport/exercise as safe as possible for all those impacted – from the recreational athlete to the elite athlete. We acknowledge that there are varying rules and regulations around the world, not to mention the varying philosophies and numerous schools of thought as it relates to return to sport/exercise and we have been cognisant of this in our recommendations. Despite the varying rules and circumstances around the world, we believe it is essential to provide some helpful and consistent guidance for return to training and sport for sport and exercise physicians around the world at this most difficult time. The present viewpoint provides practical and medical recommendations on the resumption to sport process.
