Return to Sport Resource Guide
This Return to Sport resource guide is by no means an exhaustive list of the quality content available. These resources provide you with insights to what is required for a comprehensive RTS process.
Please note: this guide is not a review or statement to the quality and methodology of these papers/ editorials. As always, it is up to the clinician to review the quality of the paper and apply findings to their clinical population.
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Key Takeaways
Ensure your field-based rehabilitation (soccer specific) is progressed along the continuum to challenge more than just the physical qualities required for the sport.
Gains extensive insights into return to run programming, rehab progressions and the balancing act of strength & pitch work.
An important and early paper high lighting the importance of workload management in the rehab process.
A review of the criteria used in professional football for hamstring injury. This is broken down in to three phases: clinical, strength & performance. Listen to the Sports MAP Podcast with lead author Paolo Perna for further context.
A great study from the team at Aspetar demonstrating the clear importance of thorough rehabilitation and exit criteria to mitigate the risk of re injury.
This part 1 paper explores the on-field rehabilitation and what support the athlete needs in their transition back to sport after ACL rehabilitation to return to team practice.
A review on RTS for Achilles tendon rupture highlighting only 80% of athlete RTS and the need for work in the area to increase this figure.
Read about the pillars that contribute to a 5 – stage on field rehab program to help your athlete transition from team practice to match play.
A more recent review of the above paper highlights the reduced performance on RTS in sports that require explosive plantar flexion (Basketball).
Although this consensus statement is now almost 10 years old, it remains a great resource to rely on for you RTS systems and process including the STAART framework