Nowhere to hide: The significant impact of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) measures on elite and semi-elite South African athletes

L Pillay, DCCJ van Rensburg, AJ van Rensburg… - Journal of science and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Objectives To describe the perceptions of South African elite and semi-elite athletes on
return to sport (RTS); maintenance of physical conditioning and other activities; sleep; …

[HTML][HTML] Addressing potential impact of COVID-19 pandemic on physical and mental health of elite athletes

AH Mehrsafar, P Gazerani, AM Zadeh… - Brain, behavior, and …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is now a highly contagious and fatal respiratory
pandemic that is having a large negative impact on many different aspects of society, one in …

COVID-19 lockdown: a global study investigating the effect of athletes' sport classification and sex on training practices

JA Washif, Ø Sandbakk, S Seiler… - … journal of sports …, 2022 - journals.humankinetics.com
Purpose: To investigate differences in athletes' knowledge, beliefs, and training practices
during COVID-19 lockdowns with reference to sport classification and sex. This work …

Challenges to athletes during the home confinement caused by the COVID-19 pandemic

LV Andreato, DR Coimbra… - Strength & Conditioning …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
The world is currently facing a serious coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19). This novel
coronavirus is a new virus for which effective drugs and vaccines have not yet been …

What are the recommendations for returning athletes who have experienced long term COVID-19 symptoms?

RK Lindsay, JJ Wilson, M Trott, O Olanrewaju… - Annals of …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Currently, there is limited research reporting the symptoms of long COVID among athletes,
and the recommendations for athletes returning to competition/training who have …

Impact of COVID-19 on the physical activity, quality of life and mental health of adolescent athletes: a 2-year evaluation of over 17 000 athletes

A Watson, K Haraldsdottir, K Biese… - British journal of sports …, 2023 - bjsm.bmj.com
Purpose To evaluate the changes in mental health, quality of life (QOL) and physical activity
(PA) among adolescent athletes during the COVID-19 pandemic as organised sports …

COVID-19: Assessing the impact of lockdown on recreational athletes

AM Martin, F Champ, Z Franklin - Psychology of sport and exercise, 2021 - Elsevier
Background and aims The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in associated lockdown
restrictions for individuals across England, including the postponement of all recreational …

Elite athletes and COVID-19 lockdown: future health concerns for an entire sector

A Paoli, G Musumeci - Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology, 2020 - mdpi.com
In this editorial, we focused our attention on elite athletes during the COVID-19 lockdown. A
high level of physical fitness is required by elite athletes irrespective of the specific type of …

Managing the combined consequences of COVID-19 infection and lock-down policies on athletes: narrative review and guidelines proposal for a safe return to sport

JB Fabre, L Grelot, W Vanbiervielt… - BMJ open sport & …, 2020 - bmjopensem.bmj.com
COVID-19 pandemic is a global health matter. The disease spread rapidly across the globe
and brought the world of sports to an unprecedented stoppage. Usual symptoms of the …

Clinical patterns, recovery time and prolonged impact of COVID-19 illness in international athletes: the UK experience

JH Hull, M Wootten, M Moghal, N Heron… - British journal of sports …, 2022 - bjsm.bmj.com
Objectives To report COVID-19 illness pattern, symptom duration and time loss in UK elite
athletes. Methods Observational, clinical and database review of athletes with symptomatic …