Return-to-Play Recommendations After Cervical, Thoracic, and Lumbar Spine Injuries: A Comprehensive Review.

ABSTRACT:

Context

Currently, there is a national focus on establishing and disseminating standardized guidelines for return to play for athletes at all levels of competition. As more data become available, protocols and guidelines are being refined and implemented to assist physicians, coaches, trainers, players, and parents in making decisions about return to play. To date, no standardized criteria for returning to play exist for injuries to the spine.

Evidence acquisition

Electronic databases including PubMed and MEDLINE and professional orthopaedic, neurosurgical, and spine organizational websites were reviewed between 1980 and 2015.

Study design

Clinical review.

Level of evidence

Level 4.

Results

Although clinical guidelines have been published for return to p

SUBMITTER: Huang P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4702157 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jan-Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature