Infectious disease and the extreme sport athlete. Clin Sports Med 2007 Jul;26(3):473-87
Date
09/11/2007Pubmed ID
17826196DOI
10.1016/j.csm.2007.04.003Scopus ID
2-s2.0-34548384275 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site) 9 CitationsAbstract
Extreme sport competition often takes place in locations that may harbor atypical diseases. This article discusses infections that may be more likely to occur in the extreme sport athlete, such as selected parasitic infections, marine infections, freshwater-borne diseases, tick-borne disease, and zoonoses. Epidemiology, presentation, treatment, complications, and return-to-sport issues are discussed for each of these diseases.
Author List
Young CC, Niedfeldt MW, Gottschlich LM, Peterson CS, Gammons MRAuthors
Laura Gottschlich DO Associate Professor in the Family Medicine department at Medical College of WisconsinCraig C. Young MD Professor in the Orthopaedic Surgery department at Medical College of Wisconsin
MESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold
Antiparasitic AgentsGlobal Health
Humans
Morbidity
Parasitic Diseases
Risk Factors
Sports