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Characteristics of resting ECG among Sabah professional male footballers

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Main Authors: Mohamad Azwan, Aziz, Redzal, Abu Hanifah
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Language:English
Published: Kementerian Pendidikan Tinggi (KPT), Malaysia 2021
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Electrocardiogram
International criteria
athlete
Footballers
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spelling my.unimap-706712021-04-13T08:36:41Z Characteristics of resting ECG among Sabah professional male footballers Mohamad Azwan, Aziz Redzal, Abu Hanifah kassemkoya69@gmail.com Electrocardiogram International criteria athlete Footballers Link to publisher's homepage at http://www.mohejournal.com/index.php/mohe The purpose of this study is to describe the resting electrocardiogram (ECG) seen among 176 professional male footballers from Sabah Football Association Club during preparticipation evaluation. Data were analysed retrospectively from 2017 to 2019. Majority of the players were Sabah natives (n=153, 87%) while the remaining were Malay footballers (n=23, 13%). Mean age of the players was 19.9 ± 3.1, mean body mass index was 22.6 kg/m2 ± 7, mean resting heart rate was 53.6 beats per minute ± 9.4, mean systolic blood pressure was 122.3 mmHg ± 12, and mean diastolic blood pressure was 65.1 mmHg ± 8.8. Using the International Criteria for ECG Interpretation in Athletes 2017 consensus guidelines, 8.5% (n=15) had abnormal ECG while 2.8% (n=5) had borderline ECG. The most common ECG changes seen in the normal findings were sinus bradycardia (n=123, 69.9%), early repolarization (n=115, 65.3%) and left ventricular hypertrophy (n=83,47.2%). Abnormal ECGs were abnormal t wave inversion (n=7,4.0%) and pre-excitation syndrome (n=5,2.9%). All footballers with abnormal ECG findings were subjected to further evaluation by a cardiologist using echocardiography assessment and exercise stress test. They passed the cardiology assessment; thus, they were deemed fit to play. ECG is a valuable tool for pre-participation health screening prior to exercise or sports participation, as it is vital for a physician to identify any abnormal ECG to minimise the risk of sudden cardiac death during exercise due to cardiac pathology. 2021-04-13T08:36:41Z 2021-04-13T08:36:41Z 2020-12 Article Movement, Health & Exercise (MoHE), vol.10(1), 2020, pages 79-86 2600-9404 http://dspace.unimap.edu.my:80/xmlui/handle/123456789/70671 en Kementerian Pendidikan Tinggi (KPT), Malaysia
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topic Electrocardiogram
International criteria
athlete
Footballers
spellingShingle Electrocardiogram
International criteria
athlete
Footballers
Mohamad Azwan, Aziz
Redzal, Abu Hanifah
Characteristics of resting ECG among Sabah professional male footballers
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Redzal, Abu Hanifah
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Redzal, Abu Hanifah
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title Characteristics of resting ECG among Sabah professional male footballers
title_short Characteristics of resting ECG among Sabah professional male footballers
title_full Characteristics of resting ECG among Sabah professional male footballers
title_fullStr Characteristics of resting ECG among Sabah professional male footballers
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title_sort characteristics of resting ecg among sabah professional male footballers
publisher Kementerian Pendidikan Tinggi (KPT), Malaysia
publishDate 2021
url http://dspace.unimap.edu.my:80/xmlui/handle/123456789/70671
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