Return to Play After the Diagnosis of Reactive Arthritis in a Professional Football Player

In professional football, most of the injuries are traumatic; however, these athletes may suffer from rheumatologic diseases, that may present as sports-related injuries. Reactive arthritis (ReA) is classified as a sub-group of the spondyloarthritis family and is relatively rare. In this article, we...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Fernandes, Alexandre, Cunha, Pedro, Pinto, Julio, Duarte, Carlos, Estaca, Alexandre, Pereira, Tiago, Bettencourt, Mónica, e Silva, Miguel Reis, Fernandes, Susana
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
Materias:
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10386846/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37519606
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.41139
_version_ 1785081767023083520
author Fernandes, Alexandre
Cunha, Pedro
Pinto, Julio
Duarte, Carlos
Estaca, Alexandre
Pereira, Tiago
Bettencourt, Mónica
e Silva, Miguel Reis
Fernandes, Susana
author_facet Fernandes, Alexandre
Cunha, Pedro
Pinto, Julio
Duarte, Carlos
Estaca, Alexandre
Pereira, Tiago
Bettencourt, Mónica
e Silva, Miguel Reis
Fernandes, Susana
author_sort Fernandes, Alexandre
collection PubMed
description In professional football, most of the injuries are traumatic; however, these athletes may suffer from rheumatologic diseases, that may present as sports-related injuries. Reactive arthritis (ReA) is classified as a sub-group of the spondyloarthritis family and is relatively rare. In this article, we highlight the successful return to play (RTP) process after the ReA diagnosis in an elite football player in the Portuguese first league. The athlete was able to RTP four months and one week after the diagnosis, had no ReA recurrence nor re-injury >8 months after RTP, and is playing at an elite level.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-10386846
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2023
publisher Cureus
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-103868462023-07-30 Return to Play After the Diagnosis of Reactive Arthritis in a Professional Football Player Fernandes, Alexandre Cunha, Pedro Pinto, Julio Duarte, Carlos Estaca, Alexandre Pereira, Tiago Bettencourt, Mónica e Silva, Miguel Reis Fernandes, Susana Cureus Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation In professional football, most of the injuries are traumatic; however, these athletes may suffer from rheumatologic diseases, that may present as sports-related injuries. Reactive arthritis (ReA) is classified as a sub-group of the spondyloarthritis family and is relatively rare. In this article, we highlight the successful return to play (RTP) process after the ReA diagnosis in an elite football player in the Portuguese first league. The athlete was able to RTP four months and one week after the diagnosis, had no ReA recurrence nor re-injury >8 months after RTP, and is playing at an elite level. Cureus 2023-06-29 /pmc/articles/PMC10386846/ /pubmed/37519606 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.41139 Text en Copyright © 2023, Fernandes et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
spellingShingle Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Fernandes, Alexandre
Cunha, Pedro
Pinto, Julio
Duarte, Carlos
Estaca, Alexandre
Pereira, Tiago
Bettencourt, Mónica
e Silva, Miguel Reis
Fernandes, Susana
Return to Play After the Diagnosis of Reactive Arthritis in a Professional Football Player
title Return to Play After the Diagnosis of Reactive Arthritis in a Professional Football Player
title_full Return to Play After the Diagnosis of Reactive Arthritis in a Professional Football Player
title_fullStr Return to Play After the Diagnosis of Reactive Arthritis in a Professional Football Player
title_full_unstemmed Return to Play After the Diagnosis of Reactive Arthritis in a Professional Football Player
title_short Return to Play After the Diagnosis of Reactive Arthritis in a Professional Football Player
title_sort return to play after the diagnosis of reactive arthritis in a professional football player
topic Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10386846/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37519606
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.41139
work_keys_str_mv AT fernandesalexandre returntoplayafterthediagnosisofreactivearthritisinaprofessionalfootballplayer
AT cunhapedro returntoplayafterthediagnosisofreactivearthritisinaprofessionalfootballplayer
AT pintojulio returntoplayafterthediagnosisofreactivearthritisinaprofessionalfootballplayer
AT duartecarlos returntoplayafterthediagnosisofreactivearthritisinaprofessionalfootballplayer
AT estacaalexandre returntoplayafterthediagnosisofreactivearthritisinaprofessionalfootballplayer
AT pereiratiago returntoplayafterthediagnosisofreactivearthritisinaprofessionalfootballplayer
AT bettencourtmonica returntoplayafterthediagnosisofreactivearthritisinaprofessionalfootballplayer
AT esilvamiguelreis returntoplayafterthediagnosisofreactivearthritisinaprofessionalfootballplayer
AT fernandessusana returntoplayafterthediagnosisofreactivearthritisinaprofessionalfootballplayer

Ejemplares similares