Sports injury prevention programmes from the sports physical therapists perspective: An international expert Delphi approachShow others and affiliations
2022 (English)In: Physical Therapy in Sport, ISSN 1466-853X, E-ISSN 1873-1600, Vol. 55, p. 146-154Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
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 athletes 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 athletes 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 athletes injury history, pre-season screening and evidence-based sports-specific injury rates; (2) IPP organization based on the athletes 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.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Oxford, United Kingdom: Elsevier, 2022. Vol. 55, p. 146-154
Keywords [en]
Consensus; Athletic injuries; Physical therapy
National Category
Sport and Fitness Sciences
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-185286DOI: 10.1016/j.ptsp.2022.04.002ISI: 000792877000019PubMedID: 35421834Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85127851396OAI: oai:DiVA.org:liu-185286DiVA, id: diva2:1661057
Note
Funding Agencies: This work has been supported by grants from the Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES - Brazil; finance code 0001).
2022-05-252022-05-252025-02-11Bibliographically approved