The COVID-19 pandemic brought the global world of sports to a staggering halt. In unprecedented fashion and with few exceptions, professional leagues, mass participation endurance events, and youth sport around the globe went silent. In the face of a rapidly evolving health crisis, the decision to cancel or postpone sporting events was a logical and necessary step. COVID-19 is a highly contagious, potentially fatal virus that is transmitted primarily through contact with aerosolised or surface-dwelling respiratory secretions, a process that requires close human contact.1 Competitive sport as we know it, from athletes ‘elbowing’ one another for position on the pitch to arenas packed with fans, may be the quintessential antithesis of social distancing. There is concern that the Champions League match between Atalanta and Valencia in Milan may have influenced the trajectory of COVID-19 cases in Europe.2 In the absence of a vaccination or curative intervention, physical distancing emerged as the key step to slow or stop the spread of COVID-19. Thus, the decision to turn off the lights and to silence competitive athletics represented a logical, essential and highly visible component in the global fight against COVID-19. This has been an unusually quiet time for the sports medicine community. Athletic training rooms have gone dark, and many clinicians have been repurposed to meet the needs of patients with COVID-19. Fortunately, this will not last forever. The great American …

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COVID-19 后体育运动的复兴：竞技运动员对心脏的考虑


COVID-19 大流行使全球体育界陷入了惊人的停顿。全球各地的职业联赛、大众参与的耐力赛事和青少年体育运动以前所未有的方式陷入了沉寂，几乎没有例外。面对迅速演变的健康危机，取消或推迟体育赛事的决定是合乎逻辑且必要的一步。 COVID-19 是一种具有高度传染性、可能致命的病毒，主要通过接触气溶胶或表面呼吸道分泌物进行传播，这一过程需要密切的人际接触。1 我们所知的竞技运动，运动员之间相互“肘击”在球场上的位置到挤满球迷的竞技场，可能是社交距离的典型对立面。人们担心米兰亚特兰大和巴伦西亚之间的冠军联赛比赛可能会影响欧洲 COVID-19 病例的发展轨迹。2 在缺乏疫苗接种或治疗性干预的情况下，保持身体距离成为减缓或阻止疫情蔓延的关键步骤。 COVID-19 的传播。因此，关灯和让竞技体育保持沉默的决定是全球抗击新冠肺炎 (COVID-19) 斗争中一个合乎逻辑、重要且高度可见的组成部分。对于运动医学界来说，这是一个异常安静的时期。运动训练室已经一片漆黑，许多临床医生也进行了改造，以满足 COVID-19 患者的需求。幸运的是，这种情况不会永远持续下去。伟大的美国...