Sports injury prevention programmes from the sports physical therapist's perspective : An international expert Delphi approach

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Mendonça, Luciana De Michelis, Schuermans, Joke, Denolf, Sander, Napier, Christopher, Bittencourt, Natália F. N., Romanuk, Andrés, Tak, Igor, Thorborg, Kristian, Bizzini, Mario, Ramponi, Carlo, Paterson, Colin, Hägglund, Martin, Malisoux, Laurent, Al Attar, Wesam Saleh A., Samukawa, Mina, Esteve, Ernest, Bakare, Ummkulthoum, Constantinou, Maria, Schneiders, Anthony, ... Witvrouw, Erik. (2022). Sports injury prevention programmes from the sports physical therapist's perspective : An international expert Delphi approach. Physical Therapy in Sport. 55, pp. 146-154. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ptsp.2022.04.002
AuthorsMendonça, Luciana De Michelis, Schuermans, Joke, Denolf, Sander, Napier, Christopher, Bittencourt, Natália F. N., Romanuk, Andrés, Tak, Igor, Thorborg, Kristian, Bizzini, Mario, Ramponi, Carlo, Paterson, Colin, Hägglund, Martin, Malisoux, Laurent, Al Attar, Wesam Saleh A., Samukawa, Mina, Esteve, Ernest, Bakare, Ummkulthoum, Constantinou, Maria, Schneiders, Anthony, Cavallieri Gomes, Alexandre, Florentz, Didier, Ozer Kaya, Derya, Indra Lesmana, Syahmirza, Harøy, Joar, Kuparinen, Vesa, Philips, Nicola, Jenkins, Walter, Wezenbeek, Evi and Witvrouw, Erik
Abstract

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.

Keywordsconsensus; athletic injuries; physical therapy
Year2022
JournalPhysical Therapy in Sport
Journal citation55, pp. 146-154
PublisherElsevier Ltd
ISSN1466-853X
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ptsp.2022.04.002
PubMed ID35421834
Scopus EID2-s2.0-85127851396
Page range146-154
FunderCoordination for the Improvement in Higher Education Personnel (CAPES)
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Output statusPublished
Publication dates
Online07 Apr 2022
Publication process dates
Accepted01 Apr 2022
Deposited03 Mar 2023
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