@article{ref1,
title="Italian consensus statement (2020) on return to play after lower limb muscle injury in football (soccer)",
journal="BMJ open sport and exercise medicine",
year="2019",
author="Bisciotti, Gian Nicola and Volpi, Piero and Alberti, Giampietro and Aprato, Alessandro and Artina, Matteo and Auci, Alessio and Bait, Corrado and Belli, Andrea and Bellistri, Giuseppe and Bettinsoli, Pierfrancesco and Bisciotti, Alessandro and Bisciotti, Andrea and Bona, Stefano and Bresciani, Marco and Bruzzone, Andrea and Buda, Roberto and Buffoli, Michele and Callini, Matteo and Canata, Gianluigi and Cardinali, Davide and Cassaghi, Gabriella and Castagnetti, Lara and Clerici, Sebastiano and Corradini, Barbara and Corsini, Alessandro and D'Agostino, Cristina and Dellasette, Enrico and Di Pietto, Francesco and Enrica, Drapchind and Eirale, Cristiano and Foglia, Andrea and Franceschi, Francesco and Frizziero, Antonio and Galbiati, Alberto and Giammatei, Carlo and Landreau, Philippe and Mazzola, Claudio and Moretti, Biagio and Muratore, Marcello and Nanni, Gianni and Niccolai, Roberto and Orizio, Claudio and Pantalone, Andrea and Parra, Federica and Pasta, Giulio and Patroni, Paolo and Pelella, Davide and Pulici, Luca and Quaglia, Alessandro and Respizzi, Stefano and Ricciotti, Luca and Rispoli, Arianna and Rosa, Francesco and Rossato, Alberto and Sannicandro, Italo and Sprenger, Claudio and Tarantola, Chiara and Tenconi, Fabio Gianpaolo and Tognini, Giuseppe and Tosi, Fabio and Trinchese, Giovanni Felice and Vago, Paola and Zappia, Marcello and Vuckovich, Zarko and Zini, Raul and Trainini, Michele and Chamari, Karim",
volume="5",
number="1",
pages="e000505-e000505",
abstract="Return to play (RTP) decisions in football are currently based on expert opinion. No consensus guideline has been published to demonstrate an evidence-based decision-making process in football (soccer). Our aim was to provide a framework for evidence-based decision-making in RTP following lower limb muscle injuries sustained in football. A 1-day consensus meeting was held in Milan, on 31 August 2018, involving 66 national and international experts from various academic backgrounds. A narrative review of the current evidence for RTP decision-making in football was provided to delegates. Assembled experts came to a consensus on the best practice for managing RTP following lower limb muscle injuries via the Delphi process. Consensus was reached on (1) the definitions of 'return to training' and 'return to play' in football. We agreed on 'return to training' and RTP in football, the appropriate use of clinical and imaging assessments, and laboratory and field tests for return to training following lower limb muscle injury, and identified objective criteria for RTP based on global positioning system technology. Level of evidence IV, grade of recommendation D.<br><br>© Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2019. Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2055-7647",
doi="10.1136/bmjsem-2018-000505",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjsem-2018-000505"
}