Preparticipation Cardiovascular Screening: An Infrastructure Assessment in Collegiate Athletics
Objective:
To assess the available infrastructure for secondary testing after preparticipation cardiovascular screening of collegiate athletes.
Design:
Cross-sectional study.
Setting:
National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) athletic programs
Participants:
Team physicians.
Interventions:
Online survey distributed by the NCAA and American Medical Society for Sports Medicine.
Main Outcome Measures:
Availability of secondary cardiovascular diagnostic testing and services.
Results:
Team physicians from 235 schools completed the assessment, representing 21% of all NCAA schools. Ninety (38.3%) NCAA team physicians reported screening athletes using electrocardiogram (ECG). Division I schools were more likely than Division II and III schools to perform both screening ECG (RR, 2.38, P
Source: Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine - Category: Sports Medicine Tags: Original Research Source Type: research
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