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September 1, 2009British Journal of Sports Medicine

Cardiac findings in the precompetition medical assessment of football players participating in the 2009 African Under-17 Championships in Algeria

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Why the study?

Does standardised precompetition cardiac evaluation identify risk factors for sudden cardiac death in adolescent male football players?

Population

155 male football players from all eight qualified teams for the 8th CAF African Under-17 Championship; mean…

Design

Cross-sectional

Authors

CSChristian SchmiedYZYacine ZerguiniAJAstrid Junge

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Overview

Discordant ECG-echo findings in adolescent athletes caution against ECG-only screening reliance; leaves open optimal precompetition protocols for sudden death risk.

Structured PICO

Does standardised precompetition cardiac evaluation identify risk factors for sudden cardiac death in adolescent male football players?

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Population
155 male football players from all eight qualified teams for the 8th CAF African Under-17 Championship; mean age 16.4 (SD 0.68) years (range 14 to 17).
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Intervention
Standardised cardiac evaluation consisting of medical history, clinical examination, 12-lead resting electrocardiogram (ECG), and echocardiography.
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Outcome
Risk factors of sudden cardiac death (abnormal ECG patterns and echocardiographic findings).surrogate

Precompetition cardiological screening in adolescent football players is feasible and reveals a high prevalence of abnormal ECG patterns that do not correlate with echocardiographic findings, highlighting the need for population-specific guidelines.

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Schmied et al. (2009) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7176b735aa2c282ce2c1cfhttps://doi.org/10.1136/bjsm.2009.064196
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