Danger zone assessment in small-sided recreational football: providing data for consideration in relation to COVID-19 transmission

• Authors: RANDERS Morten; KNUDSEN Nikolas Sten; THOMASEN Manuel Mounir Demetry; PANDURO Jeppe; LARSEN Malte Nejst; MOHR Magni; MILANOVIC Zoran; KRUSTRUP Peter; ANDERSEN Thomas Bull
• Year of publication: 2021
• Type: Article in Periodical
• Magazine / Source: BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine
• MU Faculty or unit: Faculty of Sports Studies
• Web: https://bmjopensem.bmj.com/content/7/1/e000911
• Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjsem-2020-000911
• Keywords: soccer; training; virus; health promotion; football
• Description: During the COVID-19 pandemic, physical inactivity has increased, and a wide range of sporting activities locked down, with possible long-term implications for public health. Football is the most popular sport worldwide, and recreational football training leads to broad-spectrum health effects. Football is, however, deemed a contact sport with frequent close contact important to consider during COVID-19 pandemic.