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Resting ECG findings in elite football players.

TitelResting ECG findings in elite football players.
MedientypJournal Article
Year of Publication2013
AutorenBohm P, Ditzel R, Ditzel H, Urhausen A, Meyer T
JournalJ Sports Sci
Volume31
Ausgabe13
Seitennummerierung1475-80
Date Published2013
ISSN1466-447X
SchlüsselwörterAdolescent, Adult, African Continental Ancestry Group, Arrhythmias, Cardiac, Athletes, Body Mass Index, Electrocardiography, Europe, European Continental Ancestry Group, False Positive Reactions, Football, Heart, Heart Conduction System, Heart Rate, Humans, Male, Reference Values, Rest, Retrospective Studies, Soccer, Societies, Medical, Young Adult
Zusammenfassung

The purpose of the study was to evaluate ECG abnormalities in a large sample of elite football players. Data from 566 elite male football players (57 of them of African origin) above 16 years of age were screened retrospectively (age: 20.9 ± 5.3 years; BMI: 22.9 ± 1.7 kg · m(-2), training history: 13.8 ± 4.7 years). The resting ECGs were analysed and classified according to the most current ECG categorisation of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) (2010) and a classification of Pelliccia et al. (2000) in order to assess the impact of the new ESC-approach. According to the classification of Pelliccia, 52.5% showed mildly abnormal ECG patterns and 12% were classified as distinctly abnormal ECG patterns. According to the classification of the ESC, 33.7% showed 'uncommon ECG patterns'. Short-QT interval was the most frequent ECG pattern in this group (41.9%), followed by a shortened PR-interval (19.9%). When assessed with a QTc cut-off-point of 340 ms (instead of 360 ms), only 22.2% would have had 'uncommon ECG patterns'. Resting ECG changes amongst elite football players are common. Adjustment of the ESC criteria by adapting proposed time limits for the ECG (e.g. QTc, PR) should further reduce the rate of false-positive results.

DOI10.1080/02640414.2013.796067
Alternate JournalJ Sports Sci
PubMed ID23768165
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