The Italian preparticipation evaluation programme: diagnostic yield, rate of disqualification and cost analysis.

Teresina VessellaAlessandro ZorziLaura MerloCinzia PegoraroFlaviano GiorgianoMichele TrevisanatoMirella VielPietro FormentiniDomenico CorradoPatrizio Sarto

Published in: British journal of sports medicine (2019)

PPE according to the Italian model identified a range of diseases in 2.0% of apparently healthy athletes at an average cost of €79.

Keyphrases

study protocol
randomized controlled trial
double blind