Maria Rosaria Squeo, Sara Monosilio, Alessandro Gismondi, Marco Perrone, Emanuele Gregorace, Erika Lemme, Giuseppe Di Gioia, Ruggiero Mango, Silvia Prosperi, Antonio Spataro, Viviana Maestrini, Barbara Di Giacinto, Antonio Pelliccia
BACKGROUND: The Tokyo Olympic games were the only games postponed for a year in peacetime, which will be remembered as the COVID-19 Olympics. No data are currently available on the effect on athlete's performance. AIM: To examine the Italian Olympic athletes who have undergone the return to play (RTP) protocol after COVID-19 and their Olympic results. METHODS: 642 Potential Olympics (PO) athletes competing in 19 summer sport disciplines were evaluated through a preparticipation screening protocol and, when necessary, with the RTP protocol...
2023: BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine