Acute respiratory infections hamper training and competition in cross-country skiers, especially in those with asthma
ABSTRACTAcute respiratory infections (ARinf) are one of the leading causes that prevent athletes from training and competing. The aim of this study was to investigate the burden of ARinfs during one season among cross-country skiers. All Finnish cross-country skiers enrolled in the largest national...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:0b3da537361c4a9fa91f044a9c6b40da 2024-01-21T10:03:53+01:00 Acute respiratory infections hamper training and competition in cross-country skiers, especially in those with asthma Rikhard Mäki-Heikkilä Jussi Karjalainen Jari Parkkari Heini Huhtala Maarit Valtonen Lauri Lehtimäki 2023-12-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1080/22423982.2023.2223359 https://doaj.org/article/0b3da537361c4a9fa91f044a9c6b40da EN eng Taylor & Francis Group https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/22423982.2023.2223359 https://doaj.org/toc/2242-3982 doi:10.1080/22423982.2023.2223359 2242-3982 https://doaj.org/article/0b3da537361c4a9fa91f044a9c6b40da International Journal of Circumpolar Health, Vol 82, Iss 1 (2023) endurance sports winter sports Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 article 2023 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1080/22423982.2023.2223359 2023-12-24T01:42:47Z ABSTRACTAcute respiratory infections (ARinf) are one of the leading causes that prevent athletes from training and competing. The aim of this study was to investigate the burden of ARinfs during one season among cross-country skiers. All Finnish cross-country skiers enrolled in the largest national competitions in winter 2019 (n = 1282) were sent a postal questionnaire. A higher proportion of skiers with than without asthma had to refrain from competitions because of ARinf (76.9% vs. 62.2%, p = 0.011) but there was no significant difference in refraining from training (91.2% vs. 83.8%, p = 0.084). In skiers with asthma, the median duration of a single ARinf episode was longer (5.0 days, IQR 3.8–6.8 vs. 4.0 days, IQR 3.0–6.7, p = 0.017), and they had more days of absence because of ARinf throughout the season (median 15 days (IQR 8–28) vs. 10 days (IQR 6–18), p = 0.006) in comparison to non-asthmatics. However, many of the skiers either trained (54.4%) or competed (22.5%) during an ARinf. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Circumpolar Health International Journal of Circumpolar Health Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic International Journal of Circumpolar Health 82 1 |
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ABSTRACTAcute respiratory infections (ARinf) are one of the leading causes that prevent athletes from training and competing. The aim of this study was to investigate the burden of ARinfs during one season among cross-country skiers. All Finnish cross-country skiers enrolled in the largest national competitions in winter 2019 (n = 1282) were sent a postal questionnaire. A higher proportion of skiers with than without asthma had to refrain from competitions because of ARinf (76.9% vs. 62.2%, p = 0.011) but there was no significant difference in refraining from training (91.2% vs. 83.8%, p = 0.084). In skiers with asthma, the median duration of a single ARinf episode was longer (5.0 days, IQR 3.8–6.8 vs. 4.0 days, IQR 3.0–6.7, p = 0.017), and they had more days of absence because of ARinf throughout the season (median 15 days (IQR 8–28) vs. 10 days (IQR 6–18), p = 0.006) in comparison to non-asthmatics. However, many of the skiers either trained (54.4%) or competed (22.5%) during an ARinf. |
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Rikhard Mäki-Heikkilä Jussi Karjalainen Jari Parkkari Heini Huhtala Maarit Valtonen Lauri Lehtimäki |
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Rikhard Mäki-Heikkilä Jussi Karjalainen Jari Parkkari Heini Huhtala Maarit Valtonen Lauri Lehtimäki |
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Acute respiratory infections hamper training and competition in cross-country skiers, especially in those with asthma |
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Acute respiratory infections hamper training and competition in cross-country skiers, especially in those with asthma |
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Acute respiratory infections hamper training and competition in cross-country skiers, especially in those with asthma |
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Acute respiratory infections hamper training and competition in cross-country skiers, especially in those with asthma |
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Acute respiratory infections hamper training and competition in cross-country skiers, especially in those with asthma |
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acute respiratory infections hamper training and competition in cross-country skiers, especially in those with asthma |
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