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

Luciana  De Michelis Mendonça; Joke Schuermans; Sander Denolf; Christopher Napier; Natália F.N.  Bittencourt; Andrés  Romanuk; Igor  Tak; Kristian  Thorborg; Mario  Bizzini; Carlo  Ramponi; Colin Paterson; Martin  Hägglund; Laurent  Malisoux; Wesam Saleh A.  Al Attar; Mina  Samukawa; Ernest  Esteve; Ummkulthoum  Bakare; Maria  Constantinou; Anthony  Schneiders; Alexandre  Cavallieri Gomes; Didier  Florentz; Derya  Ozer Kaya; Syahmirza  Indra Lesmana; Joar  Harøy; Vesa  Kuparinen; Nicola  Philips; Walter  Jenkins; Evi  Wezenbeek; Erik  Witvrouw

doi:10.1016/j.ptsp.2022.04.002

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

Luciana De Michelis Mendonça
, Joke Schuermans
, Sander Denolf
, Christopher Napier
, Natália F.N. Bittencourt
, Andrés Romanuk
, Igor Tak
, Kristian Thorborg
, Mario Bizzini
, Carlo Ramponi
, Colin Paterson
, Martin Hägglund
, Laurent Malisoux
, Wesam Saleh A. Al Attar
, Mina Samukawa
, Ernest Esteve
, Ummkulthoum Bakare
, Maria Constantinou
, Anthony Schneiders
, Alexandre Cavallieri Gomes

Didier Florentz, Derya Ozer Kaya, Syahmirza Indra Lesmana, Joar Harøy, Vesa Kuparinen, Nicola Philips, Walter Jenkins, Evi Wezenbeek, Erik Witvrouw

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	146-154
Number of pages	9
Journal	Physical Therapy in Sport
Volume	55
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ptsp.2022.04.002
Publication status	Published - 7 Apr 2022

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This work has been supported by grants from the Coordena??o de Aperfei?oamento de Pessoal de N?vel Superior (CAPES - Brazil; finance code 0001).

Funding Information:
This work has been supported by grants from the Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES - Brazil; finance code 0001).

Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 Elsevier Ltd

Keywords

Athletic injuries
Consensus
Physical therapy

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De Michelis Mendonça, L., Schuermans, J., Denolf, S., Napier, C., Bittencourt, N. F. N., Romanuk, A., Tak, I., Thorborg, K., Bizzini, M., Ramponi, C., Paterson, C., Hägglund, M., Malisoux, L., Al Attar, W. S. A., Samukawa, M., Esteve, E., Bakare, U., Constantinou, M., Schneiders, A., ... Witvrouw, E. (2022). Sports injury prevention programmes from the sports physical therapist's perspective: An international expert Delphi approach. Physical Therapy in Sport, 55, 146-154. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ptsp.2022.04.002

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

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