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What are the criteria for determining
authorization for sport participation?
Based on the level of strenuousness
and contact, sports are classified in the pre-preparation athletic
examination (PPE):
•Contact-collision
•Limited contact
•Strenuous - non-contact
•Moderately strenuous, non-contact
•Non-strenuous – non-contact
What are the determining factors
of a physician to limit specific activities?
The most relevant and challenging
aspects of the pre-participation screening is the determination
whether an athlete meets the criteria for sports participation.
Approval and clearance is devised of three major categories:
•Unrestricted clearance
•Clearance upon completion of an additional evaluation or rehabilitation
•No clearance for specific types of sports or for all sports
Is it feasible to restrict
participation during the completion of treatment?
If clearance is denied only
for certain sports or sports categories, in what activities
can the athlete safely participate?
What is athletic heart syndrome?
During training and physical
activity, the heart of an athlete endures certain efficient
and morphological modifications in physical size and shape.
These discerning variations are what identifies the heart of
a non-exercising individual, or normal fitness persom from an
athlete. The changes reflect the normal physiologic reactions
to exercise and not a disease process. The extent of the changes
are affected by the training program, stamina and endurance
strength (isometric) compared with (aerobic).
What is the difference between
endurance athletes versus strength athletes?
Endurance
athletes have an amplified cardiac output as well as a larger
left ventricular volume; while strength athletes have very massive
increase in thickness of the heart wall muscle. (In the endurance
athletes, their heart rate is lower than strength athletes).
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