Pre-start control (sport)
A pre-start check is provided in the rules of the relevant sports associations in sports that involve particular physical and psychological stress in competition ( martial arts , motor sports , air sports, etc.). It is carried out immediately before the competition and represents an orientational health check and examination of immediate competitiveness .
The following principles and requirements apply
- Knowledge of the sport and competition-specific requirements
- Critical and responsible decision about starting bans
- Take dissimulation into account!
- do not issue a certificate of courtesy!
- Start bans are to be consistently enforced
It is the responsibility of the on-site competition doctor to carry it out and is generally carried out in the context of weighing in martial arts or in the context of instruction and instruction before the competition.
The pre-start control includes a survey regarding existing infections, recent illnesses, injuries and operations, current complaints or indispositions. You can also inquire about the drugs or stimulants you have taken. These data can also be collected by means of a questionnaire to be completed by the participant.
The examination includes the inspection of the stripped athlete, examination of the gross strength by handshake on both sides, palpation of the nose, eyebrows, zygomatic arches and the lower thorax area (for martial artists). In addition, the skin, tongue, throat and conjunctiva are assessed, and the lungs and heart are auscultated . In certain sports, blood tests or doping controls must also be carried out before the competition.
This examination is to be varied according to the requirements of the sport.
Start prohibition is generally to be pronounced in the case of obvious danger to oneself or others such as
- Evidence of infection or fever
- unhealed diseases and injuries
- Suspected doping
- acute indispositions of another kind
Appeals against this decision are generally not admissible.
source
- Arndt, K.-H .: Sports medical care at sporting events. 2nd Edition. Verlag JA Barth Leipzig-Berlin-Heidelberg 1992. P. 45 ff. ISBN 3-335-00330-6