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Human health sciences : Orthopedics, rehabilitation & sports medicine
http://hdl.handle.net/10993/51314
How injury registration and preseason assessment are being delivered : an international survey of sports physical therapists
English
Ley, Christophe mailto [University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Science, Technology and Medicine (FSTM) > Department of Mathematics (DMATH) >]
Mendonça, Luciana D. [Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri (UFVJM) > Graduate Program in Rehabilitation and Functional Performance]
Schuermans, Joke [Ghent University > Postdoctoral researcher at Department of Physical Therapy and Motor Rehabilitation, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences]
Wezenbeek, Evi [Ghent University > Postdoctoral researcher at Department of Physical Therapy and Motor Rehabilitation, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences]
IFSPT []
Witvrouw, Erik [Ghent University > Department of Physical Therapy and Motor Rehabilitation, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences]
Jan-2022
Physical Therapy in Sport
Churchill Livingstone
53
151-157
Yes
1466-853X
1532-9321
United States
[en] Objective
To identify the role of sports physical therapists (PT) in the organization of injury registration and preseason assessment, applied in athletic organizations and sports teams of different gender and level world-wide.

Design
cross-sectional study.

Setting
LimeSurvey platform.

Participants
Sports PTs working with athletes invited through International Federation of Sports Physical Therapy.

Main outcome measures
injury registration and athlete's screening.

Results
414 sports PTs participated in this international survey (mean age of 37.66 (SD = 9.38) years). 340 participants indicated that the PT as the responsible for injury registration. Barriers to properly register injury throughout the season were indicated by 157 sports PT and 86 (54.77%) indicated a lack of time on their routine as the main factor. 93 participants (30.09%) indicated that they customize the prevention program based on the preseason assessment. Sports PTs who reported not performing a preseason assessment (92 participants - 22.22%) mainly indicated this to be consequence of lack of structure in the organization (44 participants – 47.82%).

Conclusion
The majority of the sports PTs participate on injury registration and perform preseason assessment in athletes. However, lack of time in their routine and structure in the organization were recognized as the most important barriers to organize these properly.
http://hdl.handle.net/10993/51314
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