Football cannot restart soon during the COVID-19 emergency! A critical perspective from the Italian experience and a call for action

The aim of this letter is a call for action for all the football medicine community to recommend to the football governance the maximal caution on the decision when to restart sport activity. Moreover, a specific protocol to check cardiological, pulmonary and, in general, systemic sequelae of COVID-19 before resuming sporting activities should be considered.
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Bibliographic Details
Subjects:
Notations:biological and medical sciences sport games
Tagging:COVID-19 Coronavirus
Published in:British Journal of Sports Medicine
Language:English
Published: 2020
Online Access:http://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2020-102306
Volume:54
Issue:20
Pages:1186-1187
Document types:article
Level:advanced