Wide Variability in Return-to-Sport Criteria used by Team Physicians After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction in Elite Athletes-A Qualitative Study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The purpose of this study is to explore currently used readiness to return to sport (RTS) criteria after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR) used in elite athletes to gain novel insights into the RTS decision-making process of professional team physicians.

Methods

Eighteen qualitative semistructured interviews with professional team physicians were conducted by a single trained interviewer. The interviews were used to identify team physician concepts and themes regarding the criteria used to determine RTS after ACLR. General inductive analysis and a coding process were used to identify themes and subthemes arising from the data. A hierarchical approach in coding helped to link themes.

Results

The most important RTS criteria included muscle strengt

SUBMITTER: Betsch M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9596898 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature