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A multidisciplinary team of clinicians and researchers at 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ and UPMC has developed guidelines to assist coaches, athletic trainers and organizers with creating a safe environment for youth athletes, fans and staff as they consider a return to play.

°Õ³ó±ðÌý contains recommendations for establishing a minimal set of standards in several categories for resuming athletic programs, including pre-participation physicals, social distancing, equipment sanitization, personal protective equipment, acclimation phases, practice and competition tactics and illness protocols.

Among the people involved with the creation of the playbook are  (pictured), assistant professor of  and program director for the Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship; and , associate professor of orthopaedic surgery and vice chairman of education and residency program director.