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SynthesisSports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.)2019

Criteria-Based Return to Sport Decision-Making Following Lateral Ankle Sprain Injury: a Systematic Review and Narrative Synthesis.

Bruno Tassignon, Jo Verschueren, Eamonn Delahunt, Michelle Smith, Bill Vicenzino, Evert Verhagen, Romain Meeusen

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Synthesis in Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.), 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07004114 (The Effects of Neurocognitive Training on Pain, Proprioception, Injury Anxiety, and Functional and Neurocognitive Performance in Athletes With Chronic Ankle Instability), which is not on this map. Cited by 54 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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NCT07004114 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2023, after this paper: background citation

The Effects of Neurocognitive Training on Pain, Proprioception, Injury Anxiety, and Functional and Neurocognitive Performance in Athletes With Chronic Ankle Instability

TypeinterventionalSponsorBalikesir UniversityRan2023 to 2025Enrolled28ConditionsChronic Ankle Instability, Balance, NeurocognitiveArmsNeurocognitive training group
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

54 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Bruno TassignonFaculty of Physical Education and Physiotherapy, Human Physiology Research Group, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, 1050, Brussels, Belgium.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3216-4045
Jo VerschuerenFaculty of Physical Education and Physiotherapy, Human Physiology Research Group, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, 1050, Brussels, Belgium.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4971-3971
Eamonn DelahuntSchool of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Sports Science, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5449-5932
Michelle SmithDivision of Physiotherapy, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7860-1581
Bill VicenzinoDivision of Physiotherapy, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0253-5933
Evert VerhagenDepartment of Public and Occupational Health, Amsterdam Movement Sciences, Amsterdam Collaboration on Health and Safety in Sports, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Van der Boechorststraat 7, 1081 BT, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9227-8234
Romain MeeusenFaculty of Physical Education and Physiotherapy, Human Physiology Research Group, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, 1050, Brussels, Belgium. romain.meeusen@vub.be.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7553-9957

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveThe aim of this systematic review was to identify prospective studies that used a criteria-based return to sport (RTS) decision-making process for patients with lateral ankle sprain (LAS) injury.

designSystematic review and narrative synthesis. DATA SOURCES: The PubMed (MEDLINE), Web of Science, PEDro, Cochrane Library, SPORTDiscus (EBSCO), ScienceDirect, and Scopus databases were searched to 23 November 2018. ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR SELECTING STUDIES: Studies were included if they prospectively applied a criteria-based RTS decision-making process for patients with LAS injury, but were excluded if they merely gathered outcome measures at the RTS time point. Studies were also excluded if patients were recovering from ankle fracture, high ankle sprain, medial ankle sprain, chronic ankle instability or complex ankle injury.

resultsNo studies were identified that used a criteria-based RTS decision-making process for patients with LAS injury. We were unable to conduct a quantitative synthesis or meta-analysis, therefore we provide a narrative synthesis of relevant questionnaires, as well as clinical and functional assessments commonly used in studies retrieved in the search.

conclusionThere are currently no published evidence-based criteria to inform RTS decisions for patients with an LAS injury. Based on our narrative synthesis, we propose a number of variables that could be used to develop a criteria-based RTS decision paradigm. Future research should aim to reach consensus on these variables and apply them to actual RTS decisions within prospective study designs. Furthermore, we suggest that complex systems theory and the RTS continuum could be used to inform the development of an RTS decision-making paradigm for athletes with LAS injury.

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Decision MakingReturn to SportAnkle InjuriesEvidence-Based MedicineExercise TestHumansJoint InstabilitySprains and StrainsSurveys and Questionnaires

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