Return to sports of patients who encountered COVID-19. Expert consensus statement of the Sports Cardiology Section of the Czech Association of Preventive Cardiology of ČKS and the Sports Cardiology Section of the Czech Society of Sports Medicine
2020
Abstract
Elite and competitive athletes are not spared from the risk of COVID-19 infection. Sports medicine physicians, general practitioners, and cardiologists may be asked about the athlete's return to sport after COVID-19.
Globally, several guidelines have emerged that generally take a more cautious approach to resuming training and intense physical activity. The following recommendations seek to summarize current views on the return to sports for athletes and provide guidance for the assessing physician.