Sports Preparticipation Evaluation for Healthy Adults: A Consensus-Based German Guideline.

ABSTRACT: The benefits of physical activity are undisputed. However, adverse events can occur in rare cases, particularly during high-intensity or prolonged exercise. During physical activity, at-risk patients can experience major cardiac events, whereas adverse events affecting the musculoskeletal system are more common but less severe. A sports preparticipation evaluation (PPE) for apparently healthy adults is designed to detect at-risk individuals and prevent potentially fatal events. This guideline for conducting PPEs was developed by consensus among 16 medical societies and sports associations and is based on previously published guidelines and consensus papers. Sports medicine physicians and potential participants were also surveyed to assess the recommendations' content, feasibility, and impl

SUBMITTER: Joisten C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12460515 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature