Feasibility of precompetition medical assessment at FIFA World Cups for female youth players.
- 2011-10-25
Published in:
- British journal of sports medicine. - 2012
Adolescent
Death, Sudden, Cardiac
Early Diagnosis
Echocardiography
Electrocardiography
Feasibility Studies
Female
Heart Diseases
Humans
Patient Compliance
Physical Examination
Risk Factors
Soccer
Young Adult
English
BACKGROUND
Although most experts agree that preparticipation screening is important to prevent sudden cardiac death in sport, only a few reports have been published on the feasibility of its practical implementation.
METHODS
The football associations participating in the U-17 and U-20 Women's World Cups 2010 were asked to perform a standardised precompetition medical assessment (PCMA) of their players (in total 672).
RESULTS
Compliance with the requirement for performing the PCMA was high among all teams, particularly from African, Asian and Central/South American countries. No relevant abnormal findings in personal history and clinical cardiological examination were reported. Athletic ECG patterns were frequent, but very few findings were considered to require further investigation. All players were declared as eligible to play.
CONCLUSIONS
Based on the demonstrated feasibility of performing a comprehensive PCMA in elite female youth players, the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) Executive Committee decided to make the PCMA a compulsory requirement for all FIFA competitions.
Although most experts agree that preparticipation screening is important to prevent sudden cardiac death in sport, only a few reports have been published on the feasibility of its practical implementation.
METHODS
The football associations participating in the U-17 and U-20 Women's World Cups 2010 were asked to perform a standardised precompetition medical assessment (PCMA) of their players (in total 672).
RESULTS
Compliance with the requirement for performing the PCMA was high among all teams, particularly from African, Asian and Central/South American countries. No relevant abnormal findings in personal history and clinical cardiological examination were reported. Athletic ECG patterns were frequent, but very few findings were considered to require further investigation. All players were declared as eligible to play.
CONCLUSIONS
Based on the demonstrated feasibility of performing a comprehensive PCMA in elite female youth players, the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) Executive Committee decided to make the PCMA a compulsory requirement for all FIFA competitions.
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- English
- Open access status
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- DOI 10.1136/bjsports-2011-090374
- PMID 22021353
- Persistent URL
- https://sonar.ch/global/documents/186005
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