@article{eecf5151858f4e38870ec4e4f25956d7,
title = "Rehabilitation and Return to Sports: Proceedings of the International Consensus Meeting on Cartilage Repair of the Ankle",
abstract = "Background: The evidence supporting best practice guidelines in the field of cartilage repair of the ankle are based on both low quality and low levels of evidence. Therefore, an international consensus group of experts was convened to collaboratively advance toward consensus opinions based on the best available evidence on key topics within cartilage repair of the ankle. The purpose of this article is to report the consensus statements on Rehabilitation and Return to Sports developed at the 2017 International Consensus Meeting on Cartilage Repair of the Ankle. Methods: Seventy-five international experts in cartilage repair of the ankle representing 25 countries and 1 territory were convened and participated in a process based on the Delphi method of achieving consensus. Questions and statements were drafted within 11 working groups focusing on specific topics within cartilage repair of the ankle, after which a comprehensive literature review was performed and the available evidence for each statement was graded. Discussion and debate occurred in cases where statements were not agreed upon in unanimous fashion within the working groups. A final vote was then held, and the strength of consensus was characterized as follows: consensus, 51% to 74%; strong consensus, 75% to 99%; unanimous, 100%. Results: A total of 9 statements on rehabilitation and return to sports reached consensus during the 2017 International Consensus Meeting on Cartilage Repair of the Ankle. All 9 statements reached strong consensus, with at least 86% agreement. Conclusions: The rehabilitation process for an ankle cartilage injury requires a multidisciplinary and comprehensive approach. This international consensus derived from leaders in the field will assist clinicians with rehabilitation and return to sports after treatment of a cartilage injury of the ankle.",
keywords = "ankle cartilage, osteochondral lesion, rehabilitation, return to sports, talus",
author = "{the International Consensus Group on Cartilage Repair of the Ankle} and Pieter D{\textquoteright}Hooghe and Murawski, {Christopher D.} and Boakye, {Lorraine A.T.} and Osei-Hwedieh, {David O.} and Drakos, {Mark C.} and Jay Hertel and Lee, {Keun Bae} and Adam Popchak and Martin Wiewiorski and {van Dijk}, {C. Niek} and Jakob Ackermann and Adams, {Samuel B.} and Andrews, {Carol L.} and Chayanin Angthong and Batista, {Jorge P.} and Baur, {Onno L.} and Steve Bayer and Christoph Becher and Berlet, {Gregory C.} and Brown, {Alexandra J.} and Roberto Buda and Calder, {James D.F.} and Canata, {Gian Luigi} and Carreira, {Dominic S.} and Clanton, {Thomas O.} and Jari Dahmen and DiGiovanni, {Christopher W.} and Dombrowski, {Malcolm E.} and Ferkel, {Richard D.} and Ferrao, {Paulo N.F.} and Fortier, {Lisa A.} and Mark Glazebrook and Eric Giza and Mohamed Gomaa and Simon G{\"o}rtz and Haleem, {Amgad M.} and Kamran Hamid and Laszlo Hangody and Hannon, {Charles P.} and Daniel Haverkamp and Beat Hintermann and Hogan, {Ma Calus V.} and Hunt, {Kenneth J.} and Hurley, {Eoghan T.} and J{\'o}n Karlsson and Kearns, {Stephen R.} and Kennedy, {John G.} and Kerkhoffs, {Gino M.M.J.} and Kim, {Hak Jun} and Kong, {Siu Wah}",
note = "Funding Information: 1Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Aspetar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital, Doha, Qatar 2Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA 3Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, USA 4Department of Kinesiology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA 5Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Chonnam National University Medical School and Hospital, Gwangju, South Korea 6Department of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, Kantonsspital Winterthur, Winterthur, Switzerland 7Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands 8Ripoll y De Prado Sports Clinic: Murcia-Madrid-FIFA Medical Center of Excellence, Madrid, Spain Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2018, The Author(s) 2018.",
year = "2018",
month = jul,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1177/1071100718781862",
language = "English",
volume = "39",
pages = "61S--67S",
journal = "Foot and Ankle International",
issn = "1071-1007",
publisher = "AOFAS - American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society",
number = "1_suppl",
}