JOURNAL ARTICLE

Health risks to athletes at olympic and commonwealth games.

  • Published In: Occupational Medicine, 2023, v. 73, n. 1. P. 9 1 of 3

  • Database: Academic Search Ultimate 2 of 3

  • Authored By: Rossiter, M 3 of 3

Abstract

The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games and 2022 Commonwealth Games also had to deal with the issue of COVID-19 and strategies to protect athletes from the infection, which may impact their ability to compete at their optimum, or even at all [[1]]. Key learning points:What is already known about this subject: The separate physical and mental challenges facing an athlete at a major multi-sporting event. Athletes travelling abroad have the potential to being exposed to all infections of the usual traveller, which makes ensuring that all athletes are vaccinated (and boosted) against common infections important. [Extracted from the article]

Additional Information

  • Source:Occupational Medicine. 2023/01, Vol. 73, Issue 1, p9
  • Document Type:Article
  • Subject Area:Sports and Leisure
  • Publication Date:2023
  • ISSN:0962-7480
  • DOI:10.1093/occmed/kqac109
  • Accession Number:161878679
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