Use of functional performance tests in sports: Evaluation proposal for football players in the rehabilitation phase

Abstract

Objectives: Based on the criteria of a group of experts, this study aims to select a set of functional performance tests which can be applied to evaluate the functional status of a football player in the recovery process and make a decision in relation to their return to practice. Materials and methods: A total of 16 experts were selected by the coordinator group to judge an initial list of functional performance tests and, thus, reach a consensus about the tests which are best suited to the needs of the injured player. Each of the experts had to evaluate each one of the tests in a scale from 1 to 5 in relation to their suitability. Delphi method was used to reach consensus in the expert group. Results: From the initial list of 25, the tests which obtained the best evaluation were: Counter movement jump (4.3±0.9), Single hop test (4.1±0.8), Triple hop test (4.1±0.9), Crossover hop test (4.1±0.7), Yo-Yo intermittent recovery (4.2±0.6), Barrow test (4.1±0.6), Shuttle run 8¥5 m (4.1±0.8). Star excursion balance test (4±0.7) and Y balance test (4.1±0.7). Conclusion: In the opinion of the experts selected here, these tests are the ones which best respond to the needs involved in a complex decision such as RTP.

Physical Testing in Sports Rehabilitation: Implications on a Potential Return to Sport

“…The single hop test is a simple and efficient way to test unilateral lower limb stability and function. 6,[48][49][50] To perform a single hop test, the participant is asked to jump on a single leg as far as possible, without compromising balance or landing (Fig. 4a).…”

“…51 This test has been used extensively in the literature, with a particular importance in ACL injuries. [48][49][50][51][52] One study by Petschnig et al 53 explored the use of single hop test in surgical ACL patients and concluded that the single hop test can detect functional limitations in the lower limb up to 54 weeks after surgery. In these patients, the uninjured leg can be used as a control in evaluating RTS after ACL reconstruction.…”

Generation of Domains for the Equine Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation Outcome Score: Development by Expert Consensus

“…A test of performance and functional capacity would need to be at lower exercise intensities and personalised to the stage of rehabilitation [65,66]. In human sports, medicine function performance tests are used to evaluate return to play status in footballers [67], muscle strength and functional performance in recreational athletes following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction [68] as well as function in patients with patella tendinosis or achilles tendinopathy [20,21]. Similarly, in dogs, functional tests are available such as the Canine Brief Pain Index and the Helsinki Chronic Pain Index [23,54] which include questions on tasks such as how well the dog rises to standing and willingness to walk or run.…”

Análisis de los efectos de un programa de readaptación y reentrenamiento sobre la lesión muscular a nivel proximal del bíceps femoral en futbolistas de élite

“…Otros autores lo hicieron de forma muy similar antes (Gómez-Piqueras, Gonzalez-Rubio, Sainz de Baranda, Najera, & de Baranda, 2018;Zambaldi et al, 2017) evaluando igualmente con un panel de expertos y V de Aiken para obtener resultados en cuanto al uso de tests funcionales y así obtener información para decidir el regreso a la competición en deporte profesional.…”

“…Reseñable también que en las 13 variables analizadas se observaron mejoras, a nivel de rendimiento físico en favor de C2, lo que permitió afirmar que el propio entrenamiento en campo, sumado al entrenamiento preventivo "indoor", junto con tareas de fuerza realizadas durante post-lesión, fueron elementos fundamentales de carga externa para obtener esos interesantes resultados, de clara interpretación protectora de la re-lesión (figura 39).En la literatura existen escasos estudios que hagan seguimiento tras volver a competir en el regreso de una lesión (Fernández-Gonzalo et al, 2016; Van der Made et al, 2017) con lo que estos resultados obtenidos entre estas comparaciones podrían servir como referencia para que programas de fuerza y entrenamiento en campo postcompetición de este perfil, sirvan como justificación en esas etapas de los deportistas previamente lesionados.Y para finalizar este apartado de discusión, comentar, que estudios de 2018 en relación a la rehabilitación de las lesiones, utilizaron igualmente el sistema de expertos para evaluar parámetros en deportistas en fase de recuperación de lesiones en cuanto a la fuerza, resistencia, agilidad y estabilidad, además, al igual que en esta investigación la V de aiken con validez > a 0,75(Gómez-Piqueras et al, 2018).VI. Conclusiones…”