Sports Dermatology: Skin Disease in Athletes

Patrick C Carr; Thomas G Cropley

doi:10.1016/j.csm.2019.06.001

Sports Dermatology: Skin Disease in Athletes

Clin Sports Med. 2019 Oct;38(4):597-618. doi: 10.1016/j.csm.2019.06.001.

Authors

Patrick C Carr¹, Thomas G Cropley²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Dermatology, University of Virginia, PO Box 800718, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA.
² Department of Dermatology, University of Virginia, PO Box 800718, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA. Electronic address: Tgc3ge@virginia.edu.

PMID: 31472769
DOI: 10.1016/j.csm.2019.06.001

Abstract

There are numerous disorders of the skin that occur in athletes. These include infections, mechanical injury, and inflammatory skin diseases such as dermatitis, urticaria, and others. This paper discusses some of the most common athletic skin diseases.

Keywords: Athletic skin infections; Contact dermatitis; Mechanical skin disease; Skin disorders in athletes.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Athletic Injuries / diagnosis*
Athletic Injuries / etiology
Athletic Injuries / prevention & control
Athletic Injuries / therapy*
Dermatitis, Contact / diagnosis
Dermatitis, Contact / etiology*
Dermatitis, Contact / prevention & control
Humans
Skin / injuries*
Skin Diseases, Infectious / diagnosis
Skin Diseases, Infectious / microbiology
Skin Diseases, Infectious / therapy*
Sports*
Urticaria / diagnosis
Urticaria / etiology
Urticaria / therapy