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  1. After a sports-related concussion, advise patients to rest cognitively and physically for 24 to 48 hours, and to introduce symptom-limited activity after this period.

  2. For management of relative energy deficiency in sport (RED-S), refer patients to a sports dietitian. If patients have RED-S and disordered eating or an eating disorder, also refer to a physician and/or mental health specialist.

  3. Advise adults with diabetes to perform at least 150 min/week or more of moderate-intensity aerobic activity and to incorporate muscle-strengthening activities on 2 or more days/week.

  4. Advise patients with diabetes who use continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion pumps to consider reducing the basal insulin rate between 50% and 80% approximately 90 minutes before exercise.

Resources

  1. Strength of Evidence: SORT C

    Sources: Br J Sports Med, Br J Sports Med, references 6 and 10

  2. Websites: https://bjsm.bmj.com/node/114169.full; https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/bjsports/51/11/838.full

  3. Strength of Evidence: SORT C

    Source: Br J Sports Med, reference 37

  4. Website: https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/bjsports/48/4/289.full

  5. Strength of Evidence: SORT A

    Source: JAMA, reference 99

  6. Website: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2712935

  7. Strength of Evidence: SORT B

    Source: Diabetes Care, reference 116

  8. Website: https://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/42/5/824.long

 

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