Electrocardiographic Findings Among Major League Soccer Athletes: Normative Data From a Diverse Population.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Major League Soccer (MLS) is composed of an ethnically diverse athlete population for which electrocardiogram (ECG) analysis has not been previously reported.

Objectives

This paper evaluated MLS player ECGs and characterized ECGs as having normal, borderline, and/or abnormal ECG findings based on the international criteria. Echocardiographic data were analyzed when history, physical, or ECG findings were abnormal.

Methods

This was a cross-sectional study of MLS players from 2017 to 2020.

Results

A total of 706 athletes were included in this study. Athletes were predominantly Caucasian 346 (49%), followed by Black, 85 (26%), and Hispanic, 175 (25%). The mean (SD) age was 24.5 (4.3) years with an age range of 15 to 37 years. The most common abnormal EC

SUBMITTER: Bryde RE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12418455 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature