TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2019//
TI  - Italian consensus statement (2020) on return to play after lower limb muscle injury in football (soccer)
JO  - BMJ open sport and exercise medicine
A1  - Bisciotti, Gian Nicola
A1  - Volpi, Piero
A1  - Alberti, Giampietro
A1  - Aprato, Alessandro
A1  - Artina, Matteo
A1  - Auci, Alessio
A1  - Bait, Corrado
A1  - Belli, Andrea
A1  - Bellistri, Giuseppe
A1  - Bettinsoli, Pierfrancesco
A1  - Bisciotti, Alessandro
A1  - Bisciotti, Andrea
A1  - Bona, Stefano
A1  - Bresciani, Marco
A1  - Bruzzone, Andrea
A1  - Buda, Roberto
A1  - Buffoli, Michele
A1  - Callini, Matteo
A1  - Canata, Gianluigi
A1  - Cardinali, Davide
A1  - Cassaghi, Gabriella
A1  - Castagnetti, Lara
A1  - Clerici, Sebastiano
A1  - Corradini, Barbara
A1  - Corsini, Alessandro
A1  - D'Agostino, Cristina
A1  - Dellasette, Enrico
A1  - Di Pietto, Francesco
A1  - Enrica, Drapchind
A1  - Eirale, Cristiano
A1  - Foglia, Andrea
A1  - Franceschi, Francesco
A1  - Frizziero, Antonio
A1  - Galbiati, Alberto
A1  - Giammatei, Carlo
A1  - Landreau, Philippe
A1  - Mazzola, Claudio
A1  - Moretti, Biagio
A1  - Muratore, Marcello
A1  - Nanni, Gianni
A1  - Niccolai, Roberto
A1  - Orizio, Claudio
A1  - Pantalone, Andrea
A1  - Parra, Federica
A1  - Pasta, Giulio
A1  - Patroni, Paolo
A1  - Pelella, Davide
A1  - Pulici, Luca
A1  - Quaglia, Alessandro
A1  - Respizzi, Stefano
A1  - Ricciotti, Luca
A1  - Rispoli, Arianna
A1  - Rosa, Francesco
A1  - Rossato, Alberto
A1  - Sannicandro, Italo
A1  - Sprenger, Claudio
A1  - Tarantola, Chiara
A1  - Tenconi, Fabio Gianpaolo
A1  - Tognini, Giuseppe
A1  - Tosi, Fabio
A1  - Trinchese, Giovanni Felice
A1  - Vago, Paola
A1  - Zappia, Marcello
A1  - Vuckovich, Zarko
A1  - Zini, Raul
A1  - Trainini, Michele
A1  - Chamari, Karim
SP  - e000505
EP  - e000505
VL  - 5
IS  - 1
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 2055-7647
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjsem-2018-000505
ID  - ref1
ER  -