Urinary tract infections are common and have an impact on performance in elite wheelchair athletes: a cross-sectional study of self-reported data
Urinary tract infections are common in elite wheelchair athletes and have a negative impact on training volume and performance. About half of the athletes use prophylaxis. Athletes with spinal cord injury or who use a catheter are especially at risk of urinary tract infections.
Authors
- Anneke Hertig-Godeschalk (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4337-3865)
- Claudio Perret (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3953-589X)
- Jörg Krebs (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1807-2670)
- Fabian Ammann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-0107-3036)
Institutions
- University of Lucerne (CH)
- Swiss Paraplegic Center (CH)
- Swiss Paraplegic Research (CH)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Swiss Medical Weekly
- Published
- 2025-04-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.57187/s.4113
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Urinary Tract Infections Management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 4.06