2016 Consensus statement on return to sport from the First World Congress in Sports Physical Therapy, Bern

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 14, 2016, Pages 853-864

  Ardern, Clare L ^a,b,c   Glasgow, Philip ^d,e   Schneiders, Anthony ^f   Witvrouw, Erik ^a,g   Clarsen, Benjamin ^h,i   Cools, Ann ^g   Gojanovic, Boris ^j,k   Griffin, Steffan ^l   Khan, Karim M ^m   Moksnes, Håvard ^h,i   Mutch, Stephen A ^n,o   Phillips, Nicola ^p   Reurink, Gustaaf ^q   Sadler, Robin ^r   Silbernagel, Karin Grävare ^s   Thorborg, Kristian ^t   Wangensteen, Arnlaug ^a,h   Wilk, Kevin E ^u   Bizzini, Mario ^v  

^a ASPETAR ORTHOPAEDIC AND SPORTS MEDICINE HOSPITAL   (Qatar)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d Sports Institute of Northern Ireland and Ulster Rugby   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^f CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^g GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^h NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Norway)

ⁱ Olympic Top Sports Program (Olympiatoppen)   (Norway)

^j LA TOUR HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^k UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^l UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^m CENTRE FOR HIP HEALTH AND MOBILITY   (Canada)

ⁿ SPACE Clinics ^*  (United Kingdom)

^o Murrayfield Stadium ^*  (United Kingdom)

^p CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^q Sports Physician Group   (Netherlands)

^r CFA Etihad Campus   (United Kingdom)

^s UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^t HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^u Champion Sports Medicine   (United States)

^v SCHULTHESS CLINIC   (Switzerland)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATHLETE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MODEL; PHYSIOTHERAPY; REHABILITATION; RETURN TO SPORT; SWITZERLAND; ATHLETIC INJURIES; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CONVALESCENCE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; ORGANIZATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RISK FACTOR; SPORT;

ATHLETES; ATHLETIC INJURIES; CLINICAL DECISION-MAKING; COMMUNICATION; CONGRESSES AS TOPIC; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETURN TO SPORT; RISK FACTORS; SPORTS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84971571182     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: 14730480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2016-096278     Document Type: Article

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