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The first and second divisions of footballers were subjected to medical examinations to determine whether they had any contraindications for playing sports, including clinical examinations, rest electrocardiograms (ECG), rest cardiac ultrasounds, chest X-rays, Rick-Dickson and biological checks.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      The average age of 88 footballers (22\u201325 years) was 23 years. Blood pressure (BP) is abnormal in 19% of players, and alcohol and tobacco consumption is reported in 70% and 30%, respectively. Exercise adaptation was also closely associated with age (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 0.00137724; P = 0.008974301), football position (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 0.009957548;\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 0.006646182) and alcohol consumption (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 0.000531971). Electrical and biological changes were 16% and 86.79%, respectively. Sinus bradycardia and first-degree atrioventricular block are the most common ECG abnormalities. Metabolic, inflammatory, infectious, electrolyte and anaemia syndromes were found in 22.64%, 24.53%, 19.81%, 7.55% and 12.26%, respectively. Midfielders and defenders have shown the greatest changes in biological parameters.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Medical checks are essential to determine if sports are contraindicated, as they can help identify physiological and pathological conditions and improve the monitoring of athletes.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.4103\/npmj.npmj_235_23","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,2,7]],"date-time":"2024-02-07T02:01:45Z","timestamp":1707271305000},"page":"62-68","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1097\/lww.0000000000001000","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Medical Checks for Professional Football Players in Franceville, Gabon"],"prefix":"10.4103","volume":"31","author":[{"given":"Herv\u00e9 Martial","family":"Ekomy","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Occupational Health, Masuku University of Science and Technology, USTM, Franceville, Gabon"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Joefred Mbogho","family":"Abogo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Biology, Masuku University of Science and Technology, USTM, Franceville, Gabon"},{"name":"Department of Laboratory of Research in Biochemistry, Masuku University of Science and Technology, USTM, Franceville, Gabon"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Herman","family":"Begouabe","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Biology, Masuku University of Science and Technology, USTM, Franceville, Gabon"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Armel","family":"Kinga","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Cardiologie, Polyclinic of Haut-Ogooue, Masuku University of Science and Technology, USTM, Franceville, Gabon"},{"name":"Department of Medicine, Amissa Bongo University Hospital Centre, Franceville, Gabon"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Brice Angwe","family":"Eboue","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Occupational Health, University of Health Sciences, Libreville, Gabon"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Laetitia Pauline Abang","family":"Ekouaghe","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Paediatrics, University of Health Sciences, Libreville, Gabon"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jayanta","family":"Karmakar","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Biology, Masuku University of Science and Technology, USTM, Franceville, Gabon"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Cedric Sima","family":"Obiang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Biology, Masuku University of Science and Technology, USTM, Franceville, Gabon"},{"name":"Department of Laboratory of Research in Biochemistry, Masuku University of Science and Technology, USTM, Franceville, Gabon"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"276","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,2,7]]},"reference":[{"key":"R1-20240908","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"2524","DOI":"10.3389\/fphys.2022.1094048","article-title":"Editorial:Sport activity:From beneficial effects to cardiac disease","volume":"13","author":"Romagnolo","year":"2022","journal-title":"Front Physiol"},{"key":"R2-20240908","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"334","DOI":"10.1016\/j.scispo.2010.10.005","article-title":"Cardiovascular assessment in the visit of no contraindication to the practice of sport in competition","volume":"25","author":"Carr\u00e9","year":"2010","journal-title":"Sci Sports"},{"key":"R3-20240908","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"55","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ijcard.2022.03.050","article-title":"Diagnosis and management of rare cardiomyopathies in adult and paediatric patients. 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