Criteria for return to play after ACL injury in women´s soccer: a scoping review

• Autor(a) principal: Lobo, Ana Luz
• Data de Publicação: 2023
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.22/24812
• topic: ACL; RTP; Women; Soccer

Female soccer is a growing sport and with that, the number of injuries, including anterior cruciate ligament (ACL), is also rising. Because this kind of injury significantly impacts the financial and sports performance of the teams and athletes, is pertinente to define a set of criteria that helps in a better and more safe return to play (RTP). Define Return to play criteria after ACL injury in female soccer. The scoping review was conducted using PRISMA Extension for Scoping Review (PRISMA-ScR), on June 11th, 2023. This research was done on three paltforms: PubMed, PEDro ans Science direct, using terms related to “women”, “soccer”, “ACL” and “Return to Play”. To be included the studies should hava na exclusive female soccer player sample and athletes had to have na ACL injury. As for the outcomes, the diferente parameters, and the ways of measuring them, were analyzed. Eight out of the seven hundred and six identified articles were included. Most studies used hop test batterie or movement analysis as an RTP criteria, but several other parameters were also considered. The evaluation of the finding parameters was conducted in diferente ways, the more common measurement were the LSI percentagem and data form pre-injury performance when available. Most studies advised the use of test batteries, with the inclusion of diferente parameters, for making na RTP decision. The literature on RTP criteria after na ACL injury, in female soccer palyers, is very limited. The studies seem to agree that a batterie of tests is the best way of assessing the players’ readiness to return to play, but the tests that should be included are not yet defined. Therefore, more studies with this population are required for further conclusions.