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ReviewSouth African journal of sports medicine2021

End-to-end SARS-CoV-2 transmission risks in sport: Current evidence and practical recommendations.

B Jones, G Phillips, F Valeriani, T Edwards, E R Adams, L Bonadonna, R J Copeland, M J Cross, C Dalton, L Hodgson and 7 more

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Review in South African journal of sports medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. An IoT/FOG based framework for sports talent identification in COVID-19 like situations.International journal of information technology : an official journal of Bharati Vidyapeeth's Institute of Computer Applications and Management · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

17 authors.

B JonesCarnegie Applied Rugby Research (CARR) centre, Carnegie School of Sport, Leeds Beckett University, Leeds, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4274-6236
G PhillipsCarnegie Applied Rugby Research (CARR) centre, Carnegie School of Sport, Leeds Beckett University, Leeds, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0947-0677
F ValerianiPublic Health Unit, Department of Movement, Human and Health Sciences; University of Rome "Foro Italico", Rome, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5997-1387
T EdwardsDepartment of Tropical Disease Biology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool, L3 5QA, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4058-4461
E R AdamsDepartment of Tropical Disease Biology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool, L3 5QA, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0816-2835
L BonadonnaItalian National Institute of Health, Rome Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8395-0591
R J CopelandAdvanced Wellbeing Research Centre, Sheffield Hallam University, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2606-2288
M J CrossUniversity of Bath, Bath, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8586-9965
C DaltonAdvanced Wellbeing Research Centre, Sheffield Hallam University, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1404-873X
L HodgsonThe Football Association, St George's Park, Burton-Upon-Trent, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3891-5540
A JimenezAdvanced Wellbeing Research Centre, Sheffield Hallam University, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1043-6759
S P KempRugby Football Union, Twickenham, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-3250-2713
J PatriciosWits Sport and Health (WiSH), School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6829-4098
V Romano SpicaPublic Health Unit, Department of Movement, Human and Health Sciences; University of Rome "Foro Italico", Rome, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2900-6399
K A StokesUniversity of Bath, Bath, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-5049-2838
M WeedCentre for Sport, Physical Education and Activity Research (spear), Canterbury Christ Church University, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9768-4677
C BeggsCarnegie Applied Rugby Research (CARR) centre, Carnegie School of Sport, Leeds Beckett University, Leeds, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6460-9937

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has caused disruption to professional and recreational sports across the world. The SARS-CoV-2 virus can be transmitted by relatively large respiratory droplets that behave ballistically, and exhaled aerosol droplets, which potentially pose a greater risk. This review provides a summary of end-to-end SARS-CoV-2 transmission risk factors for sport and an overview of transmission mechanisms to be considered by all stakeholders. The risk of SARS-CoV-2 transmission is greatest indoors, and primarily influenced by the ventilation of the environment and the close proximity of individuals. The SARS-CoV-2 transmission risks outdoors, e.g. via water, and from fomites, appear less than initially thought. Mitigation strategies include good end-to-end scenario planning of activities to optimise physical distancing, face mask wearing and hygiene practice of individuals, the environment and equipment. The identification and removal of infectious individuals should be undertaken by means of the taking of temperature and COVID-19 symptom screening, and the use of diagnostic monitoring tests to identify asymptomatic individuals. Using adequate video footage, data from proximity technology and subject interviews, the identification and isolation of 'close contacts' should also be undertaken to limit SARS-CoV-2 transmission within sporting environments and into the wider community. Sports should aim to undertake activities outdoors where possible, given the lower SARS-CoV-2 transmission risk, in comparison to indoor environments.

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PMID39498368
PMCPMC11534289

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