Objective: It is unclear whether and to what extent COVID-19 infection poses health risks
and a chronic impairment of performance in athletes. Identification of individual health risk
is an important decision-making basis for managing the pandemic risk of infection with
SARS-CoV-2 in sports and return to play (RTP).
Methods: This study aims 1) to analyze the longitudinal rate of seroprevalence of SARSCoV-
2 in German athletes, 2) to assess health-related consequences in athletes infected
with SARS-CoV-2, and 3) to reveal effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in general and of a
cleared SARS-CoV-2 infection on exercise performance. CoSmo-S is a prospective
observational multicenter study establishing two cohorts: 1) athletes diagnosed positive
for COVID-19 (cohort 1) and 2) federal squad athletes who perform their annual sports
medical preparticipation screening (cohort 2). Comprehensive diagnostics including physical examination, laboratory blood analyses and blood biobanking, resting and
exercise electrocardiogram (ECG), echocardiography, spirometry and exercise testing
added by questionnaires are conducted at baseline and follow-up.
Results and Conclusion: We expect that the results obtained, will allow us to formulate
recommendations regarding RTP on a more evidence-based level.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:DRESDEN/oai:qucosa:de:qucosa:89262 |
| Date | 25 January 2024 |
| Creators | Niess, Andreas Michael, Widmann, Manuel, Gaidai, Roman, Gölz, Christian, Schubert, Isabel, Castillo, Katty, Sachs, Jan Philipp, Bizjak, Daniel, Vollrath, Shirin, Wimbauer, Fritz, Vogel, Azin, Keller, Karsten, Burgstahler, Christof, Quermann, Anne, Kerling, Arno, Schneider, Gerald, Zacher, Jonas, Diebold, Katharina, Grummt, Maximilian, Beckendorf, Claudia, Buitenhuis, Johannes, Egger, Florian, Venhorst, Andreas, Morath, Oliver, Barsch, Friedrich, Mellwig, Klaus-Peter, Oesterschlink, Julian, Wüstenfeld, Jan, Predel, Hans-Georg, Deibert, Peter, Friedmann-Bette, Birgit, Mayer, Frank, Hirschmüller, Anja, Halle, Martin, Steinacker, Jürgen Michael, Wolfarth, Bernd, Meyer, Tim, Böttinger, Erwin, Flechtner-Mors, Marion, Bloch, Wilhelm, Haller, Bernhard, Roecker, Kai, Reinsberger, Claus |
| Publisher | Frontiers Media S.A. |
| Source Sets | Hochschulschriftenserver (HSSS) der SLUB Dresden |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion, doc-type:article, info:eu-repo/semantics/article, doc-type:Text |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
| Relation | 1604414 |
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