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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| description | 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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| spelling | doaj.art-0b3da537361c4a9fa91f044a9c6b40da2023-12-19T21:44:11ZengTaylor & Francis GroupInternational Journal of Circumpolar Health2242-39822023-12-0182110.1080/22423982.2023.2223359Acute respiratory infections hamper training and competition in cross-country skiers, especially in those with asthmaRikhard Mäki-Heikkilä0Jussi Karjalainen1Jari Parkkari2Heini Huhtala3Maarit Valtonen4Lauri Lehtimäki5Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, Tampere, FinlandFaculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, Tampere, FinlandTampere Research Center of Sports Medicine, UKK Institute, Tampere, FinlandFaculty of Social Sciences, Tampere University, Tampere, FinlandFinnish Institute of High Performance Sport KIHU, Jyväskylä, FinlandFaculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, Tampere, FinlandABSTRACTAcute 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.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/22423982.2023.2223359endurance sportswinter sports |
| spellingShingle | Rikhard Mäki-Heikkilä Jussi Karjalainen Jari Parkkari Heini Huhtala Maarit Valtonen Lauri Lehtimäki Acute respiratory infections hamper training and competition in cross-country skiers, especially in those with asthma International Journal of Circumpolar Health endurance sports winter sports |
| title | Acute respiratory infections hamper training and competition in cross-country skiers, especially in those with asthma |
| title_full | Acute respiratory infections hamper training and competition in cross-country skiers, especially in those with asthma |
| title_fullStr | Acute respiratory infections hamper training and competition in cross-country skiers, especially in those with asthma |
| title_full_unstemmed | Acute respiratory infections hamper training and competition in cross-country skiers, especially in those with asthma |
| title_short | Acute respiratory infections hamper training and competition in cross-country skiers, especially in those with asthma |
| title_sort | acute respiratory infections hamper training and competition in cross country skiers especially in those with asthma |
| topic | endurance sports winter sports |
| url | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/22423982.2023.2223359 |
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