Position statement of the Royal Spanish Football Federation for the resumption of football activities after the COVID-19 pandemic (June 2020)

Affiliations

¹ Medical Department, Real Federacion Española de Futbol, Madrid, Spain.
² Faculty of Sport Science and Physical Education, University of A Coruña, Oleiros, A Coruña, Spain.
³ Centre for Sport Studies, Rey Juan Carlos University, Fuenlabrada, Spain juan.delcoso@urjc.es.
⁴ First Team Performance, Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, London, UK.
⁵ Complex Systems in Sport Research Group, Institut Nacional d'Educació Física de Catalunya (INEFC), University of Lleida, Lleida, Catalunya, Spain.
⁶ Faculty of Medicine, Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
⁷ Board of Directors, Spanish Association of Football Teams Physicians, Madrid, Spain.
⁸ Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.
⁹ Centre of Health Science, Faculty of Health, University of the Faroe Islands, Torshavn, Faroe Islands.
¹⁰ Medical Services, Chelsea FC, London, London, UK.

Editorial

Helena Herrero-Gonzalez et al. Br J Sports Med. 2020 Oct.

. 2020 Oct;54(19):1133-1134.

doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2020-102640. Epub 2020 Jun 16.

¹ Medical Department, Real Federacion Española de Futbol, Madrid, Spain.
² Faculty of Sport Science and Physical Education, University of A Coruña, Oleiros, A Coruña, Spain.
³ Centre for Sport Studies, Rey Juan Carlos University, Fuenlabrada, Spain juan.delcoso@urjc.es.
⁴ First Team Performance, Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, London, UK.
⁵ Complex Systems in Sport Research Group, Institut Nacional d'Educació Física de Catalunya (INEFC), University of Lleida, Lleida, Catalunya, Spain.
⁶ Faculty of Medicine, Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
⁷ Board of Directors, Spanish Association of Football Teams Physicians, Madrid, Spain.
⁸ Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.
⁹ Centre of Health Science, Faculty of Health, University of the Faroe Islands, Torshavn, Faroe Islands.
¹⁰ Medical Services, Chelsea FC, London, London, UK.

No abstract available

Keywords: communicable disease; football; injury; sports; sports and exercise medicine.

Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.

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