Resumption of Sport at the United States Olympic and Paralympic Training Facilities During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
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Serval ID
serval:BIB_6C47843F381A
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
Collection
Publications
Institution
Title
Resumption of Sport at the United States Olympic and Paralympic Training Facilities During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Journal
Sports health
ISSN
1941-0921 (Electronic)
ISSN-L
1941-0921
Publication state
Published
Issued date
2021
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
13
Number
4
Pages
359-363
Language
english
Notes
Publication types: Journal Article
Publication Status: ppublish
Publication Status: ppublish
Abstract
In this brief report, we describe the safety of reopening US Olympic and Paralympic Training facilities (USOPTFs) during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic from July 2020 through October 2020. We evaluated the prevalence of COVID-19 infection at the time of reentry and cardiopulmonary sequelae of COVID-19 in elite athletes. All athletes returning to a USOPTF were required to go through a reentry protocol consisting of an electronic health history, a 6-day quarantine including twice-daily symptom surveys, COVID-19 polymerase chain reaction and antibody testing, physical examination, 12-lead electrocardiogram, high-sensitivity cardiac troponin I, and pulmonary function testing. Athletes with current or prior COVID-19 infection also underwent an echocardiogram, cardiology consultation, and additional testing as indicated. All athletes followed rigorous infection prevention measures and minimized contact with the outside community following reentry. At the time of this report, 301 athletes completed the reentry protocol among which 14 (4.7%) tested positive for active (positive polymerase chain reaction test, n = 3) or prior (positive antibody test, n = 11) COVID-19 infection. During the study period, this cohort accrued 14,916 days living and training at USOPTFs. Only one (0.3%) athlete was subsequently diagnosed with a new COVID-19 infection. No cardiopulmonary pathology attributable to COVID-19 was detected. Our findings suggest that residential elite athlete training facilities can successfully resume activity during the COVID-19 pandemic when strict reentry and infection prevention measures are followed. Dissemination of our reentry quarantine and screening protocols with COVID-19 mitigation measures may assist the global sports and medical community develop best practices for reopening of similar training centers.
Keywords
COVID-19/complications, COVID-19/epidemiology, COVID-19 Testing, Competitive Behavior, Electrocardiography, Housing, Humans, Infection Control/methods, Pandemics, Para-Athletes, Physical Conditioning, Human, Physical Examination, Quarantine, Respiratory Function Tests, SARS-CoV-2, Sports, Troponin I/blood, United States, COVID-19, elite athlete training, myocardial injury, return-to-play
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Web of science
Open Access
Yes
Create date
07/12/2022 12:03
Last modification date
12/03/2025 8:08