%0 Journal Article
%T Current practice for safe return-to-play after lateral ankle sprain: a survey among French-speaking physicians
%J Foot and ankle surgery
%D 2021
%A Aguilaniu, Aude
%A Croisier, Jean-Louis
%A Schwartz, Cedric
%A Dardenne, Nadia
%A D'Hooghe, Pieter
%A Martens, Géraldine
%A Collin, Romain
%A Kaux, Jean-François
%V ePub
%N ePub
%P ePub-ePub
%X 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. <br><br>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. <br><br>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%). <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: A large proportion of physicians consider the recommended criteria for RTP decisions. However, physicians do not frequently use quantitative measures.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
%G en
%I Elsevier Publishing
%@ 1268-7731
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fas.2021.03.023