Sarto, F.
, Impellizzeri, F. M.
, Spörri, J.
, Porcelli, S.
, Olmo, J.
, Requena, B.
, Suarez-Arrones, L.
, Arundale, A.
, Bilsborough, J. C.
, Buchheit, M.
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Impact of potential physiological changes due to COVID-19 home confinement on athlete health protection in elite sports: a call for awareness in sports programming
During COVID-19 home confinement, athletes are likely exposed to some level of detraining (i.e. the partial or complete loss of training-induced morphological and physiological adaptations), as a consequence of insufficient and/or inappropriate training stimuli. Such changes may result in impaired performance and increased injury risk if, upon restart, an appropriate sport-specific reconditioning cannot be granted. With this editorial, we aim to recommend extreme caution in sports programming after the COVID-19 emergency
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| Notations: | biological and medical sciences training science |
| Tagging: | Coronavirus |
| Published in: | Sports Medicine |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
2020
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| Online Access: | https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40279-020-01297-6 |
| Volume: | 50 |
| Pages: | 1417-1419 |
| Document types: | article |
| Level: | advanced |