Effect of COVID-19 infection on the performance of elite adolescent overhead athletes      
Yazarlar (5)
Naime Uluğ
Türkiye
Öğr. Gör. Seyde Büşra KODAK Kırşehir Ahi Evran Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Muhammed İhsan KODAK Kırşehir Ahi Evran Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Zehra Can Karahan
Türkiye
Erden Kılıç
Türkiye
Makale Türü Özgün Makale
Makale Alt Türü SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayınlanan tam makale
Dergi Adı WORK-A JOURNAL OF PREVENTION ASSESSMENT & REHABILITATION
Dergi ISSN 1051-9815 Wos Dergi Scopus Dergi
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler SSCI
Dergi Grubu Q3
Makale Dili İngilizce
Basım Tarihi 09-2025
Cilt No 82
Sayı 1
Sayfalar 7 / 77
DOI Numarası 10.1177/10519815251335019
Makale Linki https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/10519815251335019
Özet
BackgroundCOVID-19 might have a negative impact on sports performance. There are few studies in the literature that assess how the sports performance of adolescent athletes is affected by COVID-19.ObjectiveThis study aimed to compare the sports performance of adolescent overhead athletes who had COVID-19 infection with those who had not.MethodsThe study involved adolescent elite overhead athletes from basketball, volleyball, handball, and tennis. Athletes’ performance were assessed using core muscle endurance, hand grip strength, upper extremity functional performance, reaction time and agility performance, and the 3-min step test.ResultsStudy included 47 adolescent overhead athletes (mean age 15.15 ± 1.51 years). The COVID-19 group showed significantly higher Borg Scale scores and decrease in oxygen saturation levels only after the step test (p = 0.02, p = 0.02, respectively …
Anahtar Kelimeler
pandemic | sports | physical endurance | elite | core | reaction time