- 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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 ,...