Recommendations for the return of spectators to sport stadiums: A South African Sports Medicine Association (SASMA) position statement – Part 4

Authors

  • Lervasen Pillay Section Sports Medicine & Sport, Exercise Medicine and Lifestyle Institute (SEMLI), Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa ANDWits Sport and Health (WiSH), School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa AND Premier Soccer League Chief Medical Officer, PSL, South Africa AND Chief Medical Officer, Gauteng Lions Cricket, South Africa https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8353-3376
  • Jon Patricios Wits Sport and Health (WiSH), School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6829-4098
  • Dina Christa Janse van Rensburg Section Sports Medicine & Sport, Exercise Medicine and Lifestyle Institute (SEMLI), Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa ANDMedical Board Member, World Netball, Manchester, UK https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1058-6992
  • Robin Saggers Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital, Johannesburg, South Africa. ANDWits Sport and Health (WiSH), School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6593-8049
  • Dimakatso Ramagole Section Sports Medicine & Sport, Exercise Medicine and Lifestyle Institute (SEMLI), Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5341-6080
  • Pierre Viviers Campus Health Service, Stellenbosch University, South Africa AND Institute of Sport and Exercise Medicine, Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Department of Surgical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, South Africa AND FIFA Medical Centre of Excellence, South Africa https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6682-3438
  • Craig Thompson Campus Health Service, Stellenbosch University, South Africa AND Institute of Sport and Exercise Medicine, Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Department of Surgical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, South Africa AND FIFA Medical Centre of Excellence, South Africa
  • Sharief Hendricks Division of Physiological Sciences, Department of Human Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town. AND Health through Physical Activity, Lifestyle and Sport (HPALS) Research Centre, Department of Human Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town. AND Carnegie Applied Rugby Research (CARR) centre, Institute for Sport Physical Activity and Leisure, Leeds Beckett University, Leeds, England. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3416-6266

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17159/2078-516X/2021/v33i1a12558

Abstract

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.

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Author Biographies

  • Lervasen Pillay, Section Sports Medicine & Sport, Exercise Medicine and Lifestyle Institute (SEMLI), Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa ANDWits Sport and Health (WiSH), School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa AND Premier Soccer League Chief Medical Officer, PSL, South Africa AND Chief Medical Officer, Gauteng Lions Cricket, South Africa

    Sports Physician in Private practice

  • Jon Patricios, Wits Sport and Health (WiSH), School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

    Professor in Sports and Exrcise Medicine

  • Dina Christa Janse van Rensburg, Section Sports Medicine & Sport, Exercise Medicine and Lifestyle Institute (SEMLI), Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa ANDMedical Board Member, World Netball, Manchester, UK

    HOD

    Section Sports Medicine

    University of Pretoria

  • Robin Saggers, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital, Johannesburg, South Africa. ANDWits Sport and Health (WiSH), School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

    Paeditrcian neonatologist

  • Dimakatso Ramagole, Section Sports Medicine & Sport, Exercise Medicine and Lifestyle Institute (SEMLI), Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa

    Lecturer

    Section Sports Medicine

    University of Pretoria

  • Pierre Viviers, Campus Health Service, Stellenbosch University, South Africa AND Institute of Sport and Exercise Medicine, Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Department of Surgical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, South Africa AND FIFA Medical Centre of Excellence, South Africa

    Director Campus Health

  • Craig Thompson, Campus Health Service, Stellenbosch University, South Africa AND Institute of Sport and Exercise Medicine, Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Department of Surgical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, South Africa AND FIFA Medical Centre of Excellence, South Africa

    Campus Health

  • Sharief Hendricks, Division of Physiological Sciences, Department of Human Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town. AND Health through Physical Activity, Lifestyle and Sport (HPALS) Research Centre, Department of Human Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town. AND Carnegie Applied Rugby Research (CARR) centre, Institute for Sport Physical Activity and Leisure, Leeds Beckett University, Leeds, England.

    Researcher

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Published

2021-11-29

Issue

Vol. 33 No. 1 (2021)

Section

Position Statement

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How to Cite

Pillay, L., Patricios, J., Janse van Rensburg, D. C., Saggers, R., Ramagole, D., Viviers, P., Thompson, C. ., & Hendricks, S. (2021). Recommendations for the return of spectators to sport stadiums: A South African Sports Medicine Association (SASMA) position statement – Part 4. South African Journal of Sports Medicine, 33(1). https://doi.org/10.17159/2078-516X/2021/v33i1a12558
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