ACTUAL ISSUES OF MEDICAL SUPPORT FOR ATHLETES DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC
Introduction: Elite sport is a model of the athletes activity, where the athletes during their professional life, are exposed to high physical and psychological stress. The athletes medical support faces unique challenges, often in unusual conditions. The consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic have not spared athletes either. Ensuring the physical and mental health of athletes is key. The role of a sports physician is not only to provide medical support, but also to provide a kind of guardianship, training and leadership in promoting and protecting the philosophy of a healthy mind in a healthy body in all athletes.
Objective: to analyze the literature data on the organization of medical support for athletes in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Search strategy: We searched for scientific papers and information sources in the search engines Scopus, Web of Science, MedLine, PubMed, Google Scholar, e-Library.ru, CyberLeninka. Inclusion criteria: sources not earlier than 2015 were used, but due to insufficient coverage of the problem and for a complete description of the situation, data from 2010, 2011, 2013 were also analyzed, including original articles, literature reviews, meta-analyzes, regulations; publications with full text and in open access in English and Russian languages. The exclusion criteria were: articles published earlier than 2010; materials that do not have an evidence base that did not reflect the main significance, with unclear and ambiguous conclusions, repeated publications, conference proceedings and clinical cases. As a result of the search, we identified only 107 foreign and domestic publications, of which 61 publications were included in this review.
Results: Analysis of the literature sources has shown that over the past ten years, there have been dramatic changes in many areas closely related to elite sports, requiring an appropriate update of the methods of medical support for athletes.
Conclusion: The role of a sports physician is important at all stages of athlete’s training, and sometimes decisive. The organization of medical support in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic is an urgent problem that requires further study.
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Abdulla V.A., Glushkova N.Ye., Nyssanbaeva K.S., Bakasheva M.K., Andassova Zh.M., Zhumabaeva G.B., Khismetova A.M., Terekhova T.I. Actual issues of medical support for athletes during COVID-19 pandemic // Nauka i Zdravookhranenie [Science & Healthcare]. 2021, (Vol.23) 4, pp. 16-30. doi 10.34689/SH.2021.23.4.002Related publications:
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