Table 1. Answers to the following question: “Rank from 1 to 14 all the previous criteria according to the importance you assign to them in your daily medical practice (1 = the most important RTP criteria after hamstring strain – 14 = the less important RTP criteria after hamstring strain”).
Ranking |
Return-to-play criteria |
1 |
Complete pain relief |
2 |
Muscle strength performance |
3 |
Subjective feeling reported by the player |
4 |
Muscle flexibility |
5 |
Specific soccer test performance |
6 |
Respect of a theoretical period of competition break |
7 |
Running analysis |
8 |
Physical fitness |
9 |
Balance control assessment |
10 |
Medical imaging |
11 |
Dynamic functional testing performance |
12 |
Correction of potential sacroiliac or lumbar joint dysfunction |
13 |
Other |
14 |
Quadriceps – Hamstrings EMG analysis |