Hypothesized mechanisms of death in swimming: a systematic review

ConclusionsIt is found that cardiovascular disease is the main cause or contributing factor of death in swimming. Respiratory diseases and cerebrovascular diseases are difficult to be definitive mechanism categories due to insufficient evidence. Hazardous conditions appear to be one of the possible risk factors because there are more cases of deaths from unsafe environments in swimming, but further statistics and research are still needed to support this view. Our study may have important implications for developing potential prevention strategies for sports and exercise medicine.Trial registrationPROSPERO ID (CRD42021267330). Registered Aug 13th 2021.
Source: BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation - Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research