ArticleOrthopaedic journal of sports medicine2021
Impact of COVID-19 on Recovered Athletes Returning to Competitive Play in the NBA "Bubble".
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- Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on HOME Advantage in Different European Professional Basketball Leagues.Perceptual and motor skills · 2022Article
- A commentary of factors related to player availability and its influence on performance in elite team sports.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2022Article
- Pre-shot combinations and game-related statistics discriminating between winners and losers depending on the game location during the NBA COVID-19 season.Frontiers in physiology · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe global pandemic caused by COVID-19 has had far-reaching implications for the world of professional sports. The National Basketball Association (NBA) suspended active regular season play in 2020 after a player tested positive for SARS-CoV-2. No previous studies have examined the impact of COVID-19 on return to play in the NBA. PURPOSE/HYPOTHESIS: The purpose of this study was to examine performance measures for NBA players who had recovered from COVID-19 and returned to play in the NBA bubble. We hypothesized that these athletes would play fewer minutes and have decreased performance statistics compared with performance during the 2019-2020 regular season prior to the lockdown and with career averages. STUDY
designCase series; Level of evidence, 4.
methodsNBA players positive for SARS-CoV-2 who played in both the 2019-2020 regular season and the NBA bubble were identified. Data collected included player demographics and player performance statistics.
resultsA total of 20 players were included in the study. Players who had recovered from COVID-19 played significantly fewer minutes per game in the NBA bubble (25.8 vs 28.7;
conclusionFor players who tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 prior to playing in the NBA bubble, the current study demonstrated that despite playing significantly fewer minutes per game, performance was not statistically different from either their pre-COVID 2019-2020 level of play or from their career averages.
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