Open AccessRecommendations for the return of spectators to sport stadiums: A South African Sports Medicine Association (SASMA) position statement – Part 4
Author(s) -
Lervasen Pillay,
Jon Patricios,
Dina Christina Janse van Rensburg,
Robin Saggers,
Dimakatso Ramagole,
Pierre L. Viviers,
Craig Thompson,
Sharief Hendricks
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
south african journal of sports medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2078-516X
pISSN - 1015-5163
DOI - 10.17159/2078-516x/2021/v33i1a12558
Subject(s) - position statement , return to sport , statement (logic) , position (finance) , association (psychology) , sports medicine , covid-19 , advertising , business , psychology , medicine , political science , physical therapy , athletes , law , finance , family medicine , virology , disease , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , psychotherapist , outbreak
All sports were discontinued in 2020 with the arrival of COVID-19. Since then most have been reinstated, albeit without spectators. However, several countries have put together a number of different risk-mitigating strategies to allow spectators back into stadiums. This position statement gives an outline of the minimum requirements that should be considered upon the return of spectators at live sporting events.