Prevention of Sudden Death in Sports: A Global and Multidisciplinary Observatory for Scientific Research and Knowledge Transfer (PREMUBID)

TL;DR

This paper introduces PREMUBID, a global research initiative to prevent sudden cardiac death during sports by studying exercise risks and promoting safe practices.

Contribution

The novel contribution is the establishment of a multidisciplinary observatory to study and prevent sudden cardiac death in sports through global collaboration and knowledge transfer.

Findings

PREMUBID brings together researchers from Europe and North America to study cardiovascular risks in sports.

The initiative aims to develop screening and emergency care strategies to reduce fatal cardiac events in sports.

Knowledge gained will be translated into public health messages to maximize the benefits of exercise.

Abstract

The health benefits of sports and exercise training are well known.
However, an acute bout of exercise transiently increases the risk of sudden cardiac
death (SCD). To minimize the cardiovascular risks of exercise, more insight into the
prevention and causes of SCD is needed.

The observatory for the prevention
of sudden death in sports, PREMUBID, was created with the aim of fostering research
to assess the benefits and risks of exercise at different volumes and intensities and
to get insight into the underlying mechanisms of potentially cardiac (mal) adaptations.

The observatory gathers researchers from a wide range of disciplines working
at institutions in Europe and North America. The guiding principles of PREMUBID are to
broaden the understanding of SCD in sports, strengthening collaborative research across
the globe, and to develop, implement and evaluate robust pre-participation screening and
emergency care strategies to further reduce the number of fatal cardiac events in sport
events. During the inaugural meeting of the observatory, members and affiliated researchers
discussed possibilities to initiate collaborative research projects and to exchange staff
and students to share information and practices to prevent SCD. The final goal is to translate
the obtained knowledge to understandable messages for the general population and healthcare
workers to ensure that the population at large benefits from it.

The PREMUBID
consortium aims to produce novel knowledge and insights in SCD prevention, in order to maximize
the health benefits associated with acute and long-term exercise training.

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