Protecting olympic participants from COVID-19: the trialled and tested process

Fabio Pigozzi^{1

2}, Bernd Wolfarth^{2

3}, Ana Cintron Rodriguez^{2

4}, Juergen Michael Steinacker^{2

5}, Victoriya Badtieva^{2

6

7}, James Lee John Bilzon^{2

8}, Christian Schneider^{2

9}, William O Roberts^{2

10}, Jeroen Swart^{2

11}, Demitri Constantinou^{2

12}, Michiko Dohi^{2

13}, Theodora Papadopoulou^{2

14}, Mark Hutchinson^{2

15}, Luigi Di Luigi^{2

16}, Maher Zahar^{2

17}, Raymond So^{2

18}, Fergus M Guppy^{19

20}, Jean-François Kaux^{2

21}, Upul Madahapola², Sandra Rozenstoka^{2

22}, Pedro Manonelles Marqueta^{2

23}, Jose Antonio Casajús^{2

24}, Sebastien Racinais²⁵, Konstantinos Natsis^{2

26}, Irina Zelenkova^{2

24}, Bulent Ulkar^{2

27}, Elif Ozdemir^{2

28}, Francisco Arroyo^{2

29}, André Pedrinelli^{2

30}, Mike Miller³¹, Norbert Bachl^{2

32

33}, Michael Geistlinger^{2

34}, Yannis P Pitsiladis^{35

20

36}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Movement, Human and Health Sciences, University of Rome "Foro Italico", Rome, Italy.
² International Federation of Sports Medicine, Lausanne, Switzerland.
³ Department of Sports Medicine, Humboldt University and Charité University School of Medicine, Berlin, Germany.
⁴ Puerto Rico Sports Medicine Federation, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
⁵ Division of Sports and Rehabilitation Medicine, Ulm University Hospital, Ulm, Germany.
⁶ Sport Medicine, I M Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Moscow, Russian Federation.
⁷ Sport Medicine, Moscow Scientific and Practical Center of Medical Rehabilitation and Sports Medicine, Moscow, Russian Federation.
⁸ Department for Health, University of Bath, Bath, UK.
⁹ Orthopaedic Center Theresie, Munich, Germany.
¹⁰ Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Minnesota, St Paul, Minnesota, USA.
¹¹ UCT/MRC Research Unit for Exercise Science an, Universisty of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
¹² Centre for Exercise Science and Sports Medicine, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
¹³ Sport Medical Center, Japan Institute of Sports Sciences, Tokyo, Japan.
¹⁴ Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre, Stanford Hall, Loughborough, UK.
¹⁵ Department of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
¹⁶ Unit of Endocrinology, Department of Movement, Human and Health Sciences, University of Rome Foro Italico, Rome, Italy.
¹⁷ Medical and Informatical Research and Education, Tunis, Tunisia.
¹⁸ Hong Kong Sports Institute, Hong Kong, China.
¹⁹ School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Brighton, Brighton, UK.
²⁰ Centre for Stress and Age Related Disease, University of Brighton, Brighton, UK.
²¹ SportS2, Liège University and University Hospital of Liège, Liège, Belgium.
²² Sports Laboratory - Physical Health, Sports Medicine and Sports Traumatology Centre, Riga, Latvia.
²³ Department of Sports Medicine, San Antonio Catholic University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain.
²⁴ GENUD "Growth, Exercise, Nutrition and Development" Research Group, University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain.
²⁵ Research and Scientific Support Department, Aspetar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital, Doha, Qatar.
²⁶ Laboratory of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
²⁷ Sports Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey.
²⁸ FIMS Collaborating Center of Sports Medicine, Antalya, Turkey.
²⁹ FIMS Collaborating Center of Sports Medicine, Guadalajara, Mexico.
³⁰ Department of Orthopaedics, University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil.
³¹ World Olympians Association (WOA), Lausanne, Switzerland.
³² Institute of Sports Science, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
³³ Austrian Institute of Sports Medicine, Vienna, Austria.
³⁴ Unit of International Law, Department of Constitutional, International and European Law, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria.
³⁵ International Federation of Sports Medicine, Lausanne, Switzerland Y.Pitsiladis@Brighton.ac.uk.
³⁶ Centre for Exercise Sciences and Sports Medicine, FIMS Collaborating Centre of Sports Medicine, Rome, Italy, Rome, Italy.

PMID: 34272272
DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2021-104669

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Protecting olympic participants from COVID-19: the trialled and tested process

Fabio Pigozzi et al. Br J Sports Med. 2021 Dec.

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. 2021 Dec;55(23):1322-1323.

doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2021-104669. Epub 2021 Jul 16.

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Affiliations

¹ Department of Movement, Human and Health Sciences, University of Rome "Foro Italico", Rome, Italy.
² International Federation of Sports Medicine, Lausanne, Switzerland.
³ Department of Sports Medicine, Humboldt University and Charité University School of Medicine, Berlin, Germany.
⁴ Puerto Rico Sports Medicine Federation, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
⁵ Division of Sports and Rehabilitation Medicine, Ulm University Hospital, Ulm, Germany.
⁶ Sport Medicine, I M Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Moscow, Russian Federation.
⁷ Sport Medicine, Moscow Scientific and Practical Center of Medical Rehabilitation and Sports Medicine, Moscow, Russian Federation.
⁸ Department for Health, University of Bath, Bath, UK.
⁹ Orthopaedic Center Theresie, Munich, Germany.
¹⁰ Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Minnesota, St Paul, Minnesota, USA.
¹¹ UCT/MRC Research Unit for Exercise Science an, Universisty of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
¹² Centre for Exercise Science and Sports Medicine, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
¹³ Sport Medical Center, Japan Institute of Sports Sciences, Tokyo, Japan.
¹⁴ Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre, Stanford Hall, Loughborough, UK.
¹⁵ Department of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
¹⁶ Unit of Endocrinology, Department of Movement, Human and Health Sciences, University of Rome Foro Italico, Rome, Italy.
¹⁷ Medical and Informatical Research and Education, Tunis, Tunisia.
¹⁸ Hong Kong Sports Institute, Hong Kong, China.
¹⁹ School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Brighton, Brighton, UK.
²⁰ Centre for Stress and Age Related Disease, University of Brighton, Brighton, UK.
²¹ SportS2, Liège University and University Hospital of Liège, Liège, Belgium.
²² Sports Laboratory - Physical Health, Sports Medicine and Sports Traumatology Centre, Riga, Latvia.
²³ Department of Sports Medicine, San Antonio Catholic University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain.
²⁴ GENUD "Growth, Exercise, Nutrition and Development" Research Group, University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain.
²⁵ Research and Scientific Support Department, Aspetar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital, Doha, Qatar.
²⁶ Laboratory of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
²⁷ Sports Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey.
²⁸ FIMS Collaborating Center of Sports Medicine, Antalya, Turkey.
²⁹ FIMS Collaborating Center of Sports Medicine, Guadalajara, Mexico.
³⁰ Department of Orthopaedics, University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil.
³¹ World Olympians Association (WOA), Lausanne, Switzerland.
³² Institute of Sports Science, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
³³ Austrian Institute of Sports Medicine, Vienna, Austria.
³⁴ Unit of International Law, Department of Constitutional, International and European Law, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria.
³⁵ International Federation of Sports Medicine, Lausanne, Switzerland Y.Pitsiladis@Brighton.ac.uk.
³⁶ Centre for Exercise Sciences and Sports Medicine, FIMS Collaborating Centre of Sports Medicine, Rome, Italy, Rome, Italy.

PMID: 34272272
DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2021-104669

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