Clinical efficacy and preventive role of the pre-participation physical examination in Italy: Results of a National study on 32 652 athletes examined at the Operative Units of Sports Medicine associated with the Italian Federation of Sports Medicine (FMSI);Efficacia clinica e ruolo preventivo della Visita di Idoneità Medico Sportiva (VIMeS) in Italia: Risultati dello studio nazionale condotto su 32 652 atleti presso le Unità Operative di Medicina dello Sport convenzionate con la Federazione Medico Sportiva Italiana (FMSI)

Medicina dello Sport

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 213-270

  Di Luigi, L ^a,b,ab   Pellicci, A ^b,c,ab   Bonetti, A ^b,d,ab   Francavilla, G ^b,e,ab   Ganzit, G P ^b,f,ab,ac   Veicsteinas, A ^b,g,ab   Accettatura, D ^b,h,ad   Bagnini, A ^i,ae   Cantore, R ^j,af   Castagna, W ^k,ag   Ciacciarelli, C ^l,ah   Costini, G ^m,ai   Cuffari, B ^n,aj   Drago, E ^o,ak   Federici, V ^p,al   Gribaudo, C G ^q,am   Iacovelli, G ^r,an   Landolfi, L ^s,ao   Menichetti, G ^t,ap   Atzeni, U Olla ^u,aq   Parisi, A ^v,ar   Pizzi, A ^w,as   Rosa, M ^x,at   Santelli, F ^y,au   Santilio, F ^z,av   Culasso, F ^aa   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME FORO ITALICO   (Italy)

^b Commissione Scientifica FMSI ^*  (Italy)

^c Italian National Olympic Committee   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^f Ist di Medicina dello Sport FMSI   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^h U Oper di Med dello Sport di Bari   (Italy)

ⁱ U Oper di Med dello Sport Pesaro   (Italy)

^j U Oper di Med dello Sport Potenza   (Italy)

^k U Oper Med dello Sport Catanzaro   (Italy)

^l U Oper di Med dello Sport Verona   (Italy)

^m U Oper di Med dello Sport Rieti   (Italy)

ⁿ U Oper di Med dello Sport Messina   (Italy)

^o UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^p U Oper di Med Sport Ascoli Piceno   (Italy)

^q U Oper di Med dello Sport Torino   (Italy)

^r U Oper di Med dello Sport Viterbo   (Italy)

^s U Oper di Med dello Sport Salerno   (Italy)

^t U Oper di Med dello Sport Genova   (Italy)

^u U Oper di Med dello Sport Lecce   (Italy)

^v U Oper di Med dello Sport di Roma   (Italy)

^w U Oper Med dello Sport Viareggio   (Italy)

^x U Oper di Med dello Sport Ragusa   (Italy)

^y U Oper di Med dello Sport Ancona   (Italy)

^z U Oper di Med dello Sport Taranto   (Italy)

^aa SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^ab FMSI Scientific Commission   (Italy)

^ac Inst of Sports Medicine of Turin   (Italy)

^ad Oper Units of Sports Medicine Bari   (Italy)

^ae Oper U of Sports Medicine Pesaro   (Italy)

^af Oper U of Sports Medicine Potenza   (Italy)

^ag Oper Unit of Sports Med Catanzaro   (Italy)

^ah Oper U of Sports Medicine Verona   (Italy)

^ai Oper Units of Sports Medicine Rieti   (Italy)

^aj Oper U of Sports Medicine Messina   (Italy)

^ak Oper U of Sports Medicine Bologna   (Italy)

^al Oper U Sports Med Ascoli Piceno   (Italy)

^am Oper Units of Sports Medicine Turin   (Italy)

^an Oper U of Sports Medicine Viterbo   (Italy)

^ao Oper U of Sports Medicine Salerno   (Italy)

^ap Oper Units of Sports Medicine Genoa   (Italy)

^aq Oper Units of Sports Medicine Lecce   (Italy)

^ar Oper Units of Sports Medicine Rome   (Italy)

^as Oper Units of Sports Med Viareggio   (Italy)

^at Oper U of Sports Medicine Ragusa   (Italy)

^au Oper U of Sports Medicine Ancona   (Italy)

^av Oper U of Sports Medicine Taranto   (Italy)

more..

Author keywords

Athletes; Disease prevention; Epidemiology; Health; Sports medicine

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANAMNESIS; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FITNESS; HEALTH STATUS; HEART DISEASE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; MANDATORY TESTING; METABOLIC DISORDER; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY; SPORT; SPORTS MEDICINE; URINALYSIS; VASCULAR DISEASE;

EID: 7044260816     PISSN: 00257826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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