Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Return to Elite Alpine Sports Activity After Injury

  • Chapter
  • First Online:
Alpine Skiing Injuries

Part of the book series: Sports and Traumatology ((SPORTS))

  • 520 Accesses

Abstract

Return to sport after an injury is always a tricky and complicated process. Many roads can be undertaken to reach the goal of returning to the same competitive level. Athletes must be followed in all their steps by different professional figures who must work together.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Log in via an institution

Institutional subscriptions

references

  1. Paterno MV, Schmitt LC, Ford KR, Rauh MJ, Myer GD, Huang B, Hewett TE (2010) Biomechanical measures during landing and postural stability predict second anterior cruciate ligament injury after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction and return to sport. Am J Sports Med 38(10):1968–1978

    Article  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  2. Myklebust G, Bahr R (2005) Return to play guidelines after anterior cruciate ligament surgery. Br J Sports Med 39(3):127–131

    Article  CAS  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  3. Myer GD, Paterno MV, Ford KR, Quatman CE, Hewett TE (2006) Rehabilitation after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: criteria-based progression through the return-to-sport phase. J Orthop Sports Phys Ther 36(6):385–402

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  4. Myer GD, Paterno MV, Ford KR, Hewett TE (2008) Neuromuscular training techniques to target de cits before return to sport after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. J Strength Cond Res 22(3):987–1014

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  5. Nordahl B (2011) Return to elite alpine sports activity after an anterior cruciate ligament injury. Ski high school students’ experiences. Master Thesis, Linnaeus University

    Google Scholar 

  6. Creighton DW, Shrier I, Shultz R, Meeuwisse WH, Matheson GO (2010) Return-to-play in sport: a decision-based model. Clin J Sport Med 20(5):379–385

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  7. Nordahl B, Sjöström R, Westin M, Werner S, Alricsson M (2014) Experiences of returning to elite alpine skiing after ACL injury and ACL reconstruction. Int J Adolesc Med Health 26(1):69–77

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  8. Smith FW, Rosenlund EA, Aune AK, MacLean JA, Hillis SW (2004) Subjective functional assessments and the return to competitive sport after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. Br J Sports Med 38(3):279–284

    Article  CAS  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  9. Haida A, Coulmy N, Dor F et al (2016) Return to sport among French alpine skiers after an anterior cruciate ligament rupture. Results from 1980 to 2013. Am J Sports Med 44(2):324–330

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  10. Ardern CL, Webster KE, Taylor NF, Feller JA (2011) Return to the preinjury level of competitive sport after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction surgery. Two-thirds of patients have not returned by 12 months after surgery. Am J Sports Med 39(3):538–543

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  11. Grassi A, Zaffagnini S, Marcheggiani Muccioli GM, Neri MP, Della Villa S, Marcacci M (2015) After revision anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction, who returns to sport? A systematic review and meta-analysis. Br J Sports Med 49(20):1295–1304

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  12. Kokmeyer D, Wahoff M, Mymern M (2012) Suggestions from the field for return-to-sport rehabilitation following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: alpine skiing. J Orthop Sports Phys Ther 42(4):313–325

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. National Alpine Ski Team, Italian Winter Sport Federation, Milan, Italy

    Roberto Manzoni, Enea Bortoluz & Alberto Sugliano

Authors
  1. Roberto Manzoni
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Enea Bortoluz
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Alberto Sugliano
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Roberto Manzoni .

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

  1. IRCCS Galeazzi Orthopaedics Institute, Milan, Milano, Italy

    Herbert Schoenhuber

  2. IRCCS Galeazzi Orthopaedics Institute, Milan, Milano, Italy

    Andrea Panzeri

  3. National Research Council, Milan, Milano, Italy

    Simone Porcelli

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2018 Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature

About this chapter

Cite this chapter

Manzoni, R., Bortoluz, E., Sugliano, A. (2018). Return to Elite Alpine Sports Activity After Injury. In: Schoenhuber, H., Panzeri, A., Porcelli, S. (eds) Alpine Skiing Injuries. Sports and Traumatology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-61355-0_10

Download citation

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-61355-0_10

  • Published:

  • Publisher Name: Springer, Cham

  • Print ISBN: 978-3-319-61354-3

  • Online ISBN: 978-3-319-61355-0

  • eBook Packages: MedicineMedicine (R0)

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Search

Navigation