Current practice for safe return-to-play after lateral ankle sprain: A survey among French-speaking physicians

Surveys and questionnaires; Ankle sprain; Assessment; Sports medicine; Rehabilitation; Sondages et questionnaires; entorse de cheville; évaluation; médecine du sport; retour au sport

Abstract :

[en] 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. 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. 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%). Conclusions: A large proportion of physicians consider the recommended criteria for RTP decisions. However, physicians do not frequently use quantitative measures.
[fr] Introduction: Il existe des recommandations concernant les critères d'évaluation pour un retour au sport (RTS) réussi à la suite d'une entorse latérale de la cheville. Cependant, leur utilisation actuelle par les médecins est inconnue. Méthodes: Des médecins francophones de Belgique, de France et de Suisse ont été invités à répondre à une enquête en ligne et à faire part de leur évaluation clinique de certains critères de RTS. Résultats: L'échantillon de répondants (n = 109) comprenait des médecins avec et sans formation en médecine du sport, un niveau d'expérience varié et une proportion d'athlètes différente dans leur patient. La douleur était le critère le plus sélectionné pour une RTS réussi (90 % des médecins), suivi de la capacité à s'engager dans des tâches fonctionnelles (82 %), de l'instabilité fonctionnelle (73 %), de l'amplitude des mouvements (61 %), de la proprioception (47 %), de l'instabilité mécanique (39 %), de la force (38 %) et du gonflement (31 %). Une faible proportion de médecins utilise des mesures quantitatives pour évaluer ces critères (entre 4% et 53%). Conclusions: Une grande proportion de médecins prend en compte les critères recommandés pour autoriser le RTS. Cependant, les médecins n'utilisent pas fréquemment des mesures quantitatives.

Research Center/Unit :

Laboratoire d'analyse du mouvement humain

Disciplines :

Orthopedics, rehabilitation & sports medicine

Author, co-author :

Aguilaniu, Aude ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences de la motricité > Kinésithérapie générale et réadaptation

Croisier, Jean-Louis ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences de la motricité > Kinésithérapie générale et réadaptation

Schwartz, Cédric ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences de la motricité > Kinésithérapie générale et réadaptation

Dardenne, Nadia ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences de la santé publique > Biostatistique

D'Hooghe, Pieter

Martens, Géraldine ; Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège - CHU > Autres Services Médicaux > Service de médecine de l'appareil locomoteur

Collin, Romain ; Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège - CHU > Autres Services Médicaux > Service de médecine de l'appareil locomoteur

Kaux, Jean-François ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences de la motricité > Médecine physique, réadaptation et traumatologie du sport

Language :

English

Title :

Current practice for safe return-to-play after lateral ankle sprain: A survey among French-speaking physicians

Alternative titles :

[fr] Pratique actuelle pour le retour au sport après une entorse de cheville: Sondage de médecins francophones

Publication date :

April 2022

Journal title :

Foot and Ankle Surgery

ISSN :

1268-7731

eISSN :

1460-9584

Publisher :

Elsevier, United Kingdom

Volume :

Issue :

Pages :

307-312

Peer reviewed :

Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi

Additional URL :

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S126877312100076X?via%3Dihub

Funders :

ULiège - Université de Liège
Centre d'aide à la performance sportive

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