Michelle D Smith, Bill Vicenzino, Roald Bahr, Thomas Bandholm, Rosalyn Cooke, Luciana De Michelis Mendonça, François Fourchet, Philip Glasgow, Phillip A Gribble, Lee Herrington, Claire E Hiller, Sae Yong Lee, Andrea Macaluso, Romain Meeusen, Oluwatoyosi B A Owoeye, Duncan Reid, Bruno Tassignon, Masafumi Terada, Kristian Thorborg, Evert Verhagen, Jo Verschueren, Dan Wang, Rod Whiteley, Erik A Wikstrom, Eamonn Delahunt
BACKGROUND: Despite being the most commonly incurred sports injury with a high recurrence rate, there are no guidelines to inform return to sport (RTS) decisions following acute lateral ankle sprain injuries. We aimed to develop a list of assessment items to address this gap. METHODS: We used a three-round Delphi survey approach to develop consensus of opinion among 155 globally diverse health professionals working in elite field or court sports. This involved surveys that were structured in question format with both closed-response and open-response options...
November 2021: British Journal of Sports Medicine