Citation

Aguilaniu A, Croisier JL, Schwartz C, Dardenne N, D'Hooghe P, Martens G, Collin R, Kaux JF. Foot Ankle Surg. 2021; ePub(ePub): ePub.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2021, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.fas.2021.03.023

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Recommendations are available for assessment criteria for safe return-to-play (RTP) after a lateral ankle sprain. However, their current use among physicians is unknown.

METHODS: French-speaking physicians in Belgium, France and Switzerland were asked to complete an online survey and report their clinical assessment of selected RTP criteria.

RESULTS: The respondent sample (n=109) included physicians with and without Sports Medicine education, varied level of experience and proportion of athletes in their practice population. Pain was the most selected criterion for safe RTP (90% of physicians), followed by ability to engage in functional tasks (82%), functional instability (73%), range of motion (61%), proprioception (47%), mechanical instability (39%), strength (38%) and swelling (31%). A low proportion of physicians use quantitative measures to assess these criteria (between 4% and 53%).

CONCLUSIONS: A large proportion of physicians consider the recommended criteria for RTP decisions. However, physicians do not frequently use quantitative measures.

Language: en

Keywords

Assessment; Rehabilitation; Sports medicine; Ankle sprain; Surveys and questionnaires