Respiratory viral infections - impact on sport and exercise medicine

Raakel Luoto; Matti Waris; Maarit Valtonen; Olli Ruuskanen

Respiratory viral infections - impact on sport and exercise medicine

Exerc Immunol Rev. 2023:29:7-21.

Authors

Raakel Luoto¹, Matti Waris², Maarit Valtonen³, Olli Ruuskanen¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Turku University Hospital and University of Turku, PL 52, 20521 Turku, Finland, rajopi@utu.fi, olli.ruuskanen@tyks.fi.
² Institute of Biomedicine, University of Turku and Department of Clinical Virology, Turku University Hospital, Kiinamyllynkatu 13, 20520 Turku, Finland, mwaris@utu.fi.
³ Finnish Institute of High Performance, KIHU, Rautpohjankatu 6, 40700 Jyväskylä, Finland, maarit.valtonen@kihu.fi.

PMID: 37358372

Abstract

Respiratory viruses are the most frequent causative agents of disease in humans and thus also in elite athletes. The COVID-19 pandemic has recently emphasized the entire spectrum of respiratory tract infections worldwide. Understanding the basic elements of respiratory viral infections is a fundamental requirement from the perspective of etiological diagnostics, treatment, and prevention strategy planning, as well as resource allocation.

Keywords: acute respiratory infection; athletes; common cold; exercise; respiratory virus; sport.

MeSH terms

COVID-19*
Exercise
Humans
Pandemics / prevention & control
Respiratory Tract Infections* / epidemiology
Respiratory Tract Infections* / prevention & control
Sports*
Viruses*