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Medical Care and first aid: a framework for organised non-elite sport during the COVID-19 pandemic
Will you be providing first-aid care to athletes in a non-elite setting? This guidance (in pdf format at the end of the document) defines and rationalises emergency and first aid care during the current time of heightened awareness of contracting and transmitting...
Community sport is back: here’s how to safely power up in a COVID-19 environment
Sport delivers more than just benefits to our physical health. With COVID-19 having decimated any notion of ‘normality’ within local communities, the contribution of sport to community identity is potentially more important than ever, providing a focal point for...
Healthy return to performance in elite athletes and para-athletes after the COVID-19 lockdown
A proposal to guide in “terra incognita” How can elite athletes and para-athletes (hereafter referred as “athletes”) manage the return to performance by minimizing injury risk after this lockdown period due to Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic? We assume...
Infographic. Graduated return to play guidance following COVID-19 infection
COVID-19 and sport With risk of cardiological, renal, respiratory and haematological complications,1–5 it is best practice to follow steady resumption of training, paying attention to physical and psychological factors after COVID-19 infection. Scope of this...
Pitch Side Care and PPE
COVID-19 is the infection caused by the Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, first identified in humans in December 2019 and declared a global pandemic by the World Health Organisation in March 2020. Here we guide pitch side emergency care during the current time of...
SMA COVIDSAFE guidelines for Sports Trainers
From Shelter to Sport: Safely Returning to Play
Leaders Have Two Key Responsibilities as Sports Rebound From the Pandemic
"More athletes will most likely be injured over the next 24 months than in any similar period in the history of modern sports. The CEOs of leagues, teams, and player associations must be involved in how athletes and coaches return to play." Article by Steve Gera and...
The Stanford Hall consensus statement for post-COVID-19 rehabilitation
Abstract The highly infectious and pathogenic novel coronavirus (CoV), severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)-CoV-2, has emerged causing a global pandemic. Although COVID-19 predominantly affects the respiratory system, evidence indicates a multisystem disease which...