Ramagole D A, Janse van Rensburg D C, Pillay L, Viviers P, Zondi P, Patricios J
Section Sports Medicine & Sport, Exercise Medicine and Lifestyle Institute (SEMLI), Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.
Medical Board Member, International Netball Federation, Manchester, UK.
S Afr J Sports Med. 2020 Jan 1;32(1):v32i1a8986. doi: 10.17159/2078-516X/2020/v32i1a8986. eCollection 2020.
The lockdown regulations due to the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) that broke out towards the end of 2019 and continued to spread throughout most countries in the world had a negative effect on the sporting community. The South African government eased the lockdown rules to Level 1 from 21 September 2020. In Part 2 of this Position Statement of the South African Sports Medicine Association (SASMA), the authors address the position regarding the safe return to sports for athletes who were infected by the virus. An update on clinical manifestations and multi-organ involvement, testing for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), prolonged positive real time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and the role of quantitative real time polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) in informing return to sports, grading of disease severity, individualised management of infected athletes and graduated return to play guidelines (GRTP) is provided. The authors also share thoughts on athletes with disabilities, immunisation, the using of masks during exercise and utilising biologically safe environments (BSE). Finally the SASMA Guidelines for Safe RTP in Level 1 lockdown during SARS-Cov-2 are introduced.
2019年末爆发并在全球多数国家持续蔓延的冠状病毒大流行（COVID-19）引发的封锁规定，对体育界产生了负面影响。南非政府自2020年9月21日起将封锁规定放宽至1级。在南非运动医学协会（SASMA）这份立场声明的第二部分，作者阐述了关于病毒感染者运动员安全重返运动的立场。提供了关于临床表现和多器官受累、严重急性呼吸综合征冠状病毒2（SARS-CoV-2）检测、实时聚合酶链反应（RT-PCR）持续呈阳性以及定量实时聚合酶链反应（RT-qPCR）在指导重返运动、疾病严重程度分级、感染运动员的个体化管理和逐步恢复比赛指南（GRTP）方面的作用的最新情况。作者还分享了关于残疾运动员、免疫接种、运动期间使用口罩以及利用生物安全环境（BSE）的看法。最后介绍了SASMA关于SARS-CoV-2期间1级封锁下安全重返比赛的指南。
