Why the study?
During the COVID-19 pandemic, home-confined professional footballers needed adapted training sessions to maintain physical capacity while following specific precautions and restrictions.
Provides practical medical recommendations for maintaining physical capacity in home-confined professional footballers during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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In early 2020, the world is facing a global emergency called COVID-19. Many professional footballers around the world are home confined. The maintenance of physical capacity is a fundamental requirement for the athlete, so the training sessions must be adapted to this unique situation. Specific recommendations must be followed concerning the type of training, its intensity, the precautions that have to be followed to avoid the possibility of contagion, and the restrictions in accordance with the presence of any symptoms. This article analyses the available scientific evidence in order to recommend a practical approach.
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May guide home-based protocols for confined athletes; leaves open prospective validation before routine adoption.
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