Clare L. Ardern

ORCID: 0000-0001-8102-3631
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Research Areas
  • Sports injuries and prevention
  • Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques
  • Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes
  • Shoulder Injury and Treatment
  • Meta-analysis and systematic reviews
  • Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
  • Sports Performance and Training
  • Health and Medical Research Impacts
  • Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation
  • Tendon Structure and Treatment
  • Delphi Technique in Research
  • scientometrics and bibliometrics research
  • Cardiovascular Effects of Exercise
  • Traumatic Brain Injury Research
  • Sport Psychology and Performance
  • Musculoskeletal Disorders and Rehabilitation
  • Lower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies
  • Bone fractures and treatments
  • Clinical practice guidelines implementation
  • Injury Epidemiology and Prevention
  • Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports
  • Occupational Health and Performance
  • Mental Health and Patient Involvement
  • Electrical Contact Performance and Analysis
  • Ethics in Clinical Research

University of British Columbia
2021-2025

La Trobe University
2016-2025

Helsinki University Hospital
2022-2025

University of Helsinki
2022-2025

Vancouver Coastal Health
2023-2024

University of British Columbia Hospital
2023-2024

Linköping University
2015-2023

Center for Health, Exercise and Sport Sciences
2019-2023

Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute
2023

Sophiahemmet University College
2021-2022

Deciding when to return sport after injury is complex and multifactorial-an exercise in risk management. Return decisions are made every day by clinicians, athletes coaches, ideally a collaborative way. The purpose of this consensus statement was present synthesise current evidence make recommendations for decision-making, clinical practice future research directions related returning sport. A half meeting held Bern, Switzerland, the First World Congress Sports Physical Therapy. 17 expert...

10.1136/bjsports-2016-096278 article EN British Journal of Sports Medicine 2016-05-25

An athlete's desire to return sport after anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury is a major indication for ACL reconstruction surgery. Typical clearance 6 12 months postoperatively.To investigate the return-to-sport rate and participation level of large cohort at surgery.Case series; Level evidence, 4.Data were analyzed 503 patients who participated in competitive-level Australian football, basketball, netball, or soccer surgery using quadruple-strand hamstring autograft. Inclusion criteria...

10.1177/0363546510384798 article EN The American Journal of Sports Medicine 2010-11-23

Up to two-thirds of athletes may not return their preinjury level sport by 12 months after anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction surgery, despite being physically recovered. This has led questions about what other factors influence sport.To determine whether psychological predicted ACL surgery.Case control study; Level evidence, 3.Recreational and competitive-level seen at a private orthopaedic clinic with an injury were consecutively recruited. The primary outcome was the sports...

10.1177/0363546513489284 article EN The American Journal of Sports Medicine 2013-06-03

Most people have not returned to their preinjury level of sports participation at 12 months after anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction surgery. Twelve months' follow-up may be too early assess return-to-sport outcomes accurately.This study was undertaken evaluate the medium-term ACL surgery.Case series; Level evidence, 3.A self-report questionnaire used collect data 2 7 years surgery regarding participation, postoperative and subjective knee function. The main inclusion criteria...

10.1177/0363546511422999 article EN The American Journal of Sports Medicine 2011-09-23

Background This cross-sectional study aimed to examine whether appraisal of knee function, psychological and demographic factors were related returning the preinjury sport recreational activity following anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction. Method 164 participants completed a questionnaire battery at 1–7 years after primary ACL The included questionnaires evaluating self-efficacy, health locus control, readiness return activity, fear reinjury; self-reported function in...

10.1136/bjsports-2014-093842 article EN British Journal of Sports Medicine 2014-10-07

Poor reporting of medical and healthcare systematic reviews is a problem from which the sports exercise medicine, musculoskeletal rehabilitation, science fields are not immune. Transparent, accurate comprehensive review helps researchers replicate methods, readers understand what was done why, clinicians policy-makers implement results in practice. The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) Statement its accompanying Explanation Elaboration document provide...

10.1136/bjsports-2021-103987 article EN cc-by-nc British Journal of Sports Medicine 2021-10-08

A return to their preinjury level of sport is frequently expected within 1 year after anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction, yet up two-thirds athletes may not have achieved this milestone. The subsequent sports participation outcomes who returned by surgery previously been investigated.To investigate return-to-sport rates at 2 years in had ACL reconstruction.Case series; Level evidence, 4.A consecutive cohort competitive- and recreational-level was recruited prospectively before...

10.1177/0363546514563282 article EN The American Journal of Sports Medicine 2015-01-12

There is an absence of high-quality evidence to support rehabilitation and return-to-sport decisions following shoulder injuries in athletes. The Athlete Shoulder Consensus Group was convened lead a consensus process that aimed produce best-practice guidance for clinicians, athletes, coaches managing sport. We developed the via 2-round Delphi (involving more than 40 content methods experts) in-person meeting. This statement provides with respect load risk management, supporting athlete...

10.2519/jospt.2022.10952 article EN Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy 2022-01-01

The goal of the OPTIKNEE consensus is to improve knee and overall health, prevent osteoarthritis (OA) after a traumatic injury. followed seven-step hybrid process. Expert groups conducted 7 systematic reviews synthesise current evidence inform recommendations on burden injuries; risk factors for post-traumatic OA; rehabilitation patient-reported outcomes, muscle function functional performance tests monitor people at OA. Draft definitions, clinical research were generated, iteratively...

10.1136/bjsports-2022-106299 article EN British Journal of Sports Medicine 2022-11-15

To describe individuals' expectations, motivation, and satisfaction before, during, after rehabilitation for ACL reconstruction to explore how these factors were associated with return pre-injury sport activity at 1-year follow-up.Sixty-five individuals (34 males), median age 22 (15-45) years, scheduled participated. Participants completed the International Knee Documentation Committee Subjective Form (IKDC-SKF) questions about satisfaction, motivation pre-operatively 16 52 weeks...

10.1007/s00167-016-4294-8 article EN cc-by Knee Surgery Sports Traumatology Arthroscopy 2016-08-25

In October 2017, the International Olympic Committee hosted an international expert group of physiotherapists and orthopaedic surgeons who specialise in treating researching paediatric ACL injuries. Representatives from American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine, European Paediatric Society, Traumatology, Knee Surgery & Arthroscopy, Arthroscopy Pediatric North America Sociedad Latinoamericana de Artroscopia, Rodilla y Deporte attended. Physiotherapists with clinical research experience...

10.1136/bjsports-2018-099060 article EN cc-by British Journal of Sports Medicine 2018-02-24

A recently updated meta-analysis of return-to-sport rates after anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction demonstrated that 65% athletes returned to their preinjury level sport surgery. The aim this clinical review was explore contextual factors associated with returning or not the ACL reconstruction.Data were obtained from peer-reviewed literature via a search electronic databases Medline, Embase, CINAHL, and SPORTDiscus database inception January 2015. keywords return used....

10.1177/1941738115578131 article EN Sports Health A Multidisciplinary Approach 2015-03-24

Psychological factors may be a hindrance for returning to sport after an anterior cruciate ligament ( ACL ) reconstruction. The ‐Return Sport Injury scale ACL‐RSI measures athletes' emotions, confidence in performance, and risk appraisal relation return sport. aim of this study was translate the from English Swedish examine some measurement properties version. translated culturally adapted. A professional expert group five patients evaluated face validity. One hundred eighty‐two completed ,...

10.1111/j.1600-0838.2011.01438.x article EN Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports 2012-01-18
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