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Symptom cluster is associated with prolonged return-to-play in symptomatic athletes with acute respiratory illness (including COVID-19): a cross-sectional study—AWARE study I

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  • Martin Schwellnus Sport, Exercise Medicine and Lifestyle Institute (SEMLI), University of Pretoria, Faculty of Health Sciences, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa IOC Research Center of South Africa, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Nicola Sewry Sport, Exercise Medicine and Lifestyle Institute (SEMLI), University of Pretoria, Faculty of Health Sciences, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Carolette Snyders Sport, Exercise Medicine and Lifestyle Institute (SEMLI), University of Pretoria, Faculty of Health Sciences, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Kelly Kaulback Sport, Exercise Medicine and Lifestyle Institute (SEMLI) and Division of Biokinetics and Sports Science, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Paola Silvia Wood Sport, Exercise Medicine and Lifestyle Institute (SEMLI) and Division of Biokinetics and Sports Science, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Ishen Seocharan Biostatistics Unit, South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC), Tygerberg, South Africa PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Wayne Derman IOC Research Center of South Africa, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa Institute of Sport and Exercise Medicine, Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Department of Surgical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • James H Hull Department of Respiratory Medicine, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Maarit Valtonen Research Center for Olympic Sports, Jyväskylä, Finland PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Esme Jordaan Biostatistics Unit, South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC), Tygerberg, South Africa Statistics and Population Studies Department, University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Professor Martin Schwellnus, Sport, Exercise Medicine and Lifestyle Institute, University of Pretoria Faculty of Health Sciences, Pretoria 0020, Gauteng, South Africa; mschwell{at}iafrica.com
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Schwellnus M, Sewry N, Snyders C, et al
Symptom cluster is associated with prolonged return-to-play in symptomatic athletes with acute respiratory illness (including COVID-19): a cross-sectional study—AWARE study I
British Journal of Sports Medicine 2021;55:1144-1152.

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  • Accepted March 11, 2021
  • First published March 22, 2021.
Online issue publication 
October 11, 2022

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