Universität zu Köln

Salem, Laura, Dao, Van-Anh, Shah-Hosseini, Kija ORCID: 0000-0001-9616-6942, de Marees, Markus, Mester, Joachim, Moesges, Ralph and Vent, Julia (2019). Impaired sports performance of athletes suffering from pollen-induced allergic rhinitis: a cross-sectional, observational survey in German athletes. J. Sports Med. Phys. Fit., 59 (4). S. 686 - 693. TURIN: EDIZIONI MINERVA MEDICA. ISSN 1827-1928

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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Allergic rhinitis has major impacts on sports performance of athletes. The present study aimed at determining the frequency of seasonal pollen allergy and analyzing the impacts of pollen allergy, the choice of allergy treatments and their benefits for sports performance in a group of professional and recreational athletes. METHODS: The study was conducted as a self-reported questionnaire survey. Subjects were recruited from the German Sport University and the Cologne Marathon 2014 during the peak pollen season of 2014. RESULTS: Athletes returned 636 completed questionnaires, 42.6% of participants reported suffering from a pollen allergy and 30.2% also suffered from asthma. Performance impairments were reported in more than 80% of allergic subjects. In all, 82.2% of subjects used symptomatic medications, 32.3% alternative therapies, and 47.6% allergen immunotherapy. Subjects who used immunotherapy had fewer impaired training bouts than those who used symptomatic and alternative therapies. The majority of subjects had concerns about allergy treatment such as side effects, negative impacts on sports performance and lack of long-term effects. CONCLUSIONS: This study confirmed a high prevalence of pollen allergy among German athletes. The majority of allergic rhinitis athletes were undertreated, and the reason could be their reservations about allergy treatments. Pollen allergy tremendously reduced sports performance of athletes during the pollen season. This impact can be lessened with proper treatment such as immunotherapy. Better understanding of available treatment modalities should be provided to patients and physicians to improve sports performance of athletes suffering from pollen allergy.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Salem, Laura UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Dao, Van-Anh UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Shah-Hosseini, Kija UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0001-9616-6942 UNSPECIFIED de Marees, Markus UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Mester, Joachim UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Moesges, Ralph UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Vent, Julia UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-152352
DOI:	10.23736/S0022-4707.18.08556-0
Journal or Publication Title:	J. Sports Med. Phys. Fit.
Volume:	59
Number:	4
Page Range:	S. 686 - 693
Date:	2019
Publisher:	EDIZIONI MINERVA MEDICA
Place of Publication:	TURIN
ISSN:	1827-1928
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language ASTHMA; ELITE; PREVALENCE; AIRWAY; COLLABORATION; SYMPTOMS; GA(2)LEN; IMPACT Multiple languages Sport Sciences Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/15235