Return-to-Play Practices Following Hamstring Injury: A Worldwide Survey of 131 Premier League Football Teams.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Return-to-play (RTP) is an on-going challenge in professional football. Return-to-play related research is increasing. However, it is unknown to what extent the recommendations presented within research are being implemented by professional football teams, and where there are gaps between research and practice. The purposes of this study were (1) to determine if premier-league football teams worldwide follow a RTP continuum, (2) to identify RTP criteria used and (3) to understand how RTP decision-making occurs in applied practice.

Methods

We sent a structured online survey to practitioners responsible for the RTP programme in 310 professional teams from 34 premier-leagues worldwide. The survey comprised four sections, based on hamstring muscle injury: (1) criteria us

SUBMITTER: Dunlop G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7069905 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature