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Clin J Sport Med. 2022 Jan 01;32(1):e1-e6. doi: 10.1097/JSM.0000000000000981.

COVID Vaccination in Athletes and Updated Interim Guidance on the Preparticipation Physical Examination During the SARS-Cov-2 Pandemic.

Clinical journal of sport medicine : official journal of the Canadian Academy of Sport Medicine

Dusty Marie Narducci, Alex B Diamond, David T Bernhardt, William O Roberts

Affiliations

  1. Departments of Family Medicine and Orthopedics, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida.
  2. Departments of Pediatrics and Orthopedics and Rehabilitation, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin; and.
  3. Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

PMID: 34723865 DOI: 10.1097/JSM.0000000000000981

Abstract

ABSTRACT: The American Medical Society for Sports Medicine (AMSSM) convened an expert panel to address the current evidence, knowledge gaps, and recommendations surrounding the COVID vaccination in athletes during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. The group held a series of meetings beginning in July 2021 and reviewed the available literature while using an iterative process and expert consensus to finalize this guidance statement. This document is intended to provide clinicians with suggestions on how to incorporate the COVID vaccination during the preparticipation physical examination for athletes in all levels of training and competition. The statement is not intended to address treatment, infection control principles, safety, ethical discussion, or public health issues related to SARS-CoV-2. The AMSSM task force acknowledges the clinical uncertainty, evolving public health objectives, and the limited data currently available to create this guidance statement.

Copyright © 2021 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved.

Conflict of interest statement

The authors report no conflicts of interest.

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