The impact of long-COVID on professional soccer Soccer Football Coronavirus Disease COVID Sport LongCOVID medrxivpreprint CampusBioMedico
By Bhavana KunkalikarMar 20 2023Reviewed by Benedette Cuffari, M.Sc. *Important notice: medRxiv publishes preliminary scientific reports that are not peer-reviewed and, therefore, should not be regarded as conclusive, guide clinical practice/health-related behavior, or treated as established information.
COVID-19 in athletes Football, or soccer, is a physically demanding sport that necessitates high neuromuscular readiness, including reactivity and muscular strength. Even in mild cases, COVID-19 has significantly impacted professional athletes and has been associated with muscle weakness, inactivity, poor tolerance to physical exercise, and absence from sporting practice sessions.
Following the STROBE standards, the team performed a retrospective cohort study on soccer players from the Serie A and La Liga teams across the two seasons. Soccer players who changed their league levels and transferred to a foreign team were also included in the current study. Results Related StoriesA total of 1,283 elite soccer players, consisting of 634 Serie A players and 649 La Liga players, were included in the current study. A total of 171 Italian championship players tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, while 165 players in La Liga were SARS-CoV-2-positive.
Furthermore, the survival analysis indicated that the injury rates for the 2019-2020 season were not significantly different in the two groups. The disparity in injury rates noted between the two cohorts was statistically significant during the 2020-2021 season. Similarly, the survival analysis for the Spanish championship revealed that injury rates for the 2019-2020 season did not vary significantly, whereas, for the 2020-2021 season, the difference was statistically significant.
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