The incidence and severity of COVID-19 in adult professional soccer players in Russia
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The incidence and severity of COVID-19 in adult professional soccer players in Russia
Bezuglov, E.; Khaitin, V.; Lazarev, A.; Achkasov, E.; Romanova, L.; Butovskiy, M. & Khokhlov, V. et al. (2022)
PLoS One, 17(6) art. e0265019. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0265019
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- Authors
- Bezuglov, Eduard; Khaitin, Vladimir; Lazarev, Artemii; Achkasov, Evgeniy; Romanova, Larisa; Butovskiy, Mikhail; Khokhlov, Vladimir; Tsyplenko, Maxim; Linskiy, Alexander; Chetverikov, Petr
- Editors
- Sharma, Gopal Ashish
- Abstract
- There are little data on the incidence, and clinical course of COVID-19 among professional soccer players, and the studies examining putative complications of COVID-19 infections are probabilistic. On February 28, the WHO raised the COVID-19 threat assessment to its highest level. The COVID-19 outbreak became a significant challenge for world health. Around 30 million people got infected with COVID-19 since the beginning of this year. More than 900.000 decease. Thus, examining the incidence of COVID-19 and various aspects of its clinical course in a group of adult professional soccer players would be of great practical interest. The incidence, clinical practice, and severity of COVID-19 infection, as well as the duration of treatment and return to play was studied based on a survey of team physicians and medical records assessment in the group of adult professional soccer players representing the clubs of the Russian Premier-League (RPL) during the period of championship resumption from 01.04.2020 until 20.09.2020. COVID-19 infection was detected in 103 soccer players during COVID-19 screening. This number comprises 14.5% of all soccer players on the rosters of RPL soccer teams and is subjected to regular COVID-19 testing. The asymptomatic course was observed in 43.7% of cases (n = 45). These players were isolated, and their clinical condition was monitored closely. In 56.3% of patients (n = 58), fatigue, headache, fever, and anosmia were the most common symptoms. COVID-19 infection was commonly diagnosed among adult professional soccer players in Russia. However, most cases had a mild course and did not impair return to regular exercise. Only two players were hospitalized with lung lesions and returned to regular sports.
- Issue Date
- 2022
- Journal
- PLoS One
- eISSN
- 1932-6203
- Language
- English