Admission of COVID-19 Reconvalescent under the Age of 18 to Participate in Sports
The article is devoted to the problem of admission of children and adolescents who are COVID-19 reconvalescents to physical training and sports. The author substantiates the necessity of obligatory medical monitoring of children and adolescents at the stages of recovery after COVID-19, emphasizes the assessment of cardiovascular risks. He points out the importance of using functional diagnostic methods at the stage of recuperation. The article presents foreign approaches to cardiac risk assessment (experts of the American Heart Association), as well as the British algorithm of adaptation to physical activity. The article presents an algorithm for selecting the scheme of return to physical activity depending on the severity of the suffered COVID-19. The author summarizes domestic normative documentation in the issues of admission of COVID-19 reconvalescents to physical training and sports activities.