TY - JOUR
T1 - Sports injury prevention programmes from the sports physical therapist's perspective
T2 - An international expert Delphi approach
AU - Mendonça, Luciana De Michelis
AU - Schuermans, Joke
AU - Denolf, Sander
AU - Napier, Christopher
AU - Bittencourt, Natália F N
AU - Romanuk, Andrés
AU - Tak, Igor
AU - Thorborg, Kristian
AU - Bizzini, Mario
AU - Ramponi, Carlo
AU - Paterson, Colin
AU - Hägglund, Martin
AU - Malisoux, Laurent
AU - Al Attar, Wesam Saleh A
AU - Samukawa, Mina
AU - Esteve, Ernest
AU - Bakare, Ummkulthoum
AU - Constantinou, Maria
AU - Schneiders, Anthony
AU - Cavallieri Gomes, Alexandre
AU - Florentz, Didier
AU - Ozer Kaya, Derya
AU - Indra Lesmana, Syahmirza
AU - Harøy, Joar
AU - Kuparinen, Vesa
AU - Philips, Nicola
AU - Jenkins, Walter
AU - Wezenbeek, Evi
AU - Witvrouw, Erik
N1 - Copyright © 2022 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
PY - 2022/5
Y1 - 2022/5
N2 - OBJECTIVE: To provide consensus on how to plan, organize and implement exercise-based injury prevention program (IPP) in sports.DESIGN: Delphi.SETTING: LimeSurvey platform.PARTICIPANTS: Experienced sports physical therapists from the International Federation of Sports Physical Therapy member countries.MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Factors related to sports IPP planning, organization and implementation.RESULTS: We included 305 participants from 32 countries. IPP planning should be based on an athlete's injury history, on pre-season screening results, and on injury rates (respectively, 98%, 92%, 89% agreement). In total 97% participants agreed that IPP organization should depend on the athlete's age, 93% on the competition level, and 93% on the availability of low-cost materials. It was agreed that IPP should mainly be implemented in warm-up sessions delivered by the head or strength/conditioning coach, with physical training sessions and individual physical therapy sessions (respectively, 94%, 92%, 90% agreement).CONCLUSION: Strong consensus was reached on (1) IPP based on the athlete's injury history, pre-season screening and evidence-based sports-specific injury rates; (2) IPP organization based on the athlete's age, competition level, and the availability of low-cost materials and (3) IPP implementation focussing on warm-up sessions implemented by the strength/conditioning coach, and/or individual prevention sessions by the physical therapist.
AB - OBJECTIVE: To provide consensus on how to plan, organize and implement exercise-based injury prevention program (IPP) in sports.DESIGN: Delphi.SETTING: LimeSurvey platform.PARTICIPANTS: Experienced sports physical therapists from the International Federation of Sports Physical Therapy member countries.MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Factors related to sports IPP planning, organization and implementation.RESULTS: We included 305 participants from 32 countries. IPP planning should be based on an athlete's injury history, on pre-season screening results, and on injury rates (respectively, 98%, 92%, 89% agreement). In total 97% participants agreed that IPP organization should depend on the athlete's age, 93% on the competition level, and 93% on the availability of low-cost materials. It was agreed that IPP should mainly be implemented in warm-up sessions delivered by the head or strength/conditioning coach, with physical training sessions and individual physical therapy sessions (respectively, 94%, 92%, 90% agreement).CONCLUSION: Strong consensus was reached on (1) IPP based on the athlete's injury history, pre-season screening and evidence-based sports-specific injury rates; (2) IPP organization based on the athlete's age, competition level, and the availability of low-cost materials and (3) IPP implementation focussing on warm-up sessions implemented by the strength/conditioning coach, and/or individual prevention sessions by the physical therapist.
KW - Athletic injuries
KW - Consensus
KW - Physical therapy
KW - Warm-Up Exercise
KW - Athletic Injuries/prevention & control
KW - Humans
KW - Physical Therapists
KW - Sports
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85127851396&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.ptsp.2022.04.002
DO - 10.1016/j.ptsp.2022.04.002
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 35421834
SN - 1466-853X
VL - 55
SP - 146
EP - 154
JO - Physical therapy in sport : official journal of the Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Sports Medicine
JF - Physical therapy in sport : official journal of the Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Sports Medicine
ER -