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