Telemedicine in Sports under Extreme Conditions: Data Transmission, Remote Medical Consultations, and Diagnostic Imaging

Nicola Pegoraro; Benedetta Rossini; Melchiore Giganti; Eric Brymer; Erik Monasterio; Pierre Bouchat; Francesco Feletti

doi:10.3390/ijerph20146371

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Telemedicine in Sports under Extreme Conditions: Data Transmission, Remote Medical Consultations, and Diagnostic Imaging

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Telemedicine in Sports under Extreme Conditions: Data Transmission, Remote Medical Consultations, and Diagnostic Imaging

Nicola Pegoraro, Benedetta Rossini, Melchiore Giganti, Eric Brymer, Erik Monasterio, Pierre Bouchat and Francesco Feletti

International journal of environmental research and public health, Vol.20(14), 6371

15/07/2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20146371

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Telemedical technologies provide significant benefits in sports for performance monitoring and early recognition of many medical issues, especially when sports are practised outside a regulated playing field, where participants are exposed to rapidly changing environmental conditions or specialised medical assistance is unavailable. We provide a review of the medical literature on the use of telemedicine in adventure and extreme sports. Out of 2715 unique sport citations from 4 scientific databases 16 papers met the criteria, which included all research papers exploring the use of telemedicine for monitoring performance and health status in extreme environments. Their quality was assessed by a double-anonymised review with a specifically designed four-item scoring system. Telemedicine was used in high-mountain sports (37.5%; n = 6), winter sports (18.7%; n = 3), water sports (25%; n = 4), and long-distance land sports (18.7%; n = 3). Telemedicine was used for data transfer, teleconsulting, and the execution of remote-controlled procedures, including imaging diagnostics. Telemedical technologies were also used to diagnose and treat sport-related and environmentally impacted injuries, including emergencies in three extreme conditions: high mountains, ultraendurance activities, and in/under the water. By highlighting sport-specific movement patterns or physiological and pathological responses in extreme climatic conditions and environments, telemedicine may result in better preparation and development of strategies for an in-depth understanding of the stress of the metabolic, cardiorespiratory, biomechanical, or neuromuscular system, potentially resulting in performance improvement and injury prevention.

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Title: Telemedicine in Sports under Extreme Conditions: Data Transmission, Remote Medical Consultations, and Diagnostic Imaging
Creators: Nicola Pegoraro - University of Ferrara
Benedetta Rossini - University of Ferrara
Melchiore Giganti - University of Ferrara
Eric Brymer - Southern Cross University
Erik Monasterio - University of Otago
Pierre Bouchat - Université Catholique de Louvain
Francesco Feletti - University of Ferrara
Publication Details: International journal of environmental research and public health, Vol.20(14), 6371
Publisher: MDPI
Identifiers: 991013129593002368
Copyright: © 2023 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Academic Unit: Human Sciences; Faculty of Health
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article

Telemedicine in Sports under Extreme Conditions: Data Transmission, Remote Medical Consultations, and Diagnostic Imaging

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