TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2016//
TI  - 2016 Consensus statement on return to sport from the First World Congress in Sports Physical Therapy, Bern
JO  - British journal of sports medicine
A1  - Ardern, Clare L.
A1  - Glasgow, Philip
A1  - Schneiders, Anthony
A1  - Witvrouw, Erik
A1  - Clarsen, Benjamin
A1  - Cools, Ann
A1  - Gojanovic, Boris
A1  - Griffin, Steffan
A1  - Khan, Karim M.
A1  - Moksnes, Håvard
A1  - Mutch, Stephen A.
A1  - Phillips, Nicola
A1  - Reurink, Gustaaf
A1  - Sadler, Robin
A1  - Grävare Silbernagel, Karin
A1  - Thorborg, Kristian
A1  - Wangensteen, Arnlaug
A1  - Wilk, Kevin E.
A1  - Bizzini, Mario
SP  - 853
EP  - 864
VL  - 50
IS  - 14
N2  - Deciding when to return to sport after injury is complex and multifactorial-an exercise in risk management. Return to sport decisions are made every day by clinicians, athletes and coaches, ideally in a collaborative way. The purpose of this consensus statement was to present and synthesise current evidence to make recommendations for return to sport decision-making, clinical practice and future research directions related to returning athletes to sport. A half day meeting was held in Bern, Switzerland, after the First World Congress in Sports Physical Therapy. 17 expert clinicians participated. 4 main sections were initially agreed upon, then participants elected to join 1 of the 4 groups-each group focused on 1 section of the consensus statement. Participants in each group discussed and summarised the key issues for their section before the 17-member group met again for discussion to reach consensus on the content of the 4 sections. Return to sport is not a decision taken in isolation at the end of the recovery and rehabilitation process. Instead, return to sport should be viewed as a continuum, paralleled with recovery and rehabilitation. Biopsychosocial models may help the clinician make sense of individual factors that may influence the athlete's return to sport, and the Strategic Assessment of Risk and Risk Tolerance framework may help decision-makers synthesise information to make an optimal return to sport decision. Research evidence to support return to sport decisions in clinical practice is scarce. Future research should focus on a standardised approach to defining, measuring and reporting return to sport outcomes, and identifying valuable prognostic factors for returning to sport.<br><br>Published by the BMJ Publishing Group Limited. For permission to use (where not already granted under a licence) please go to http://www.bmj.com/company/products-services/rights-and-licensing/<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0306-3674
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2016-096278
ID  - ref1
ER  -