Intro -- Introduction -- Contents -- 1: The Italian Consensus Conference on Return to Play After Lower Limb Muscle Injury in Football -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 The Italian Consensus Conference on Return to Play After Lower Limb Muscle Injury in Football -- 1.3 Consensus Conference Proceedings -- References -- 2: General Principles for Return to Training and Return to Play -- 2.1 The Appropriateness of the RTP Term -- 2.2 The RTT Basic Principles -- 2.3 The RTP Basic Principles -- 2.4 The Evaluation of Physical Fitness -- 2.5 Evidence on RTT and RTP -- 2.6 Risk in the Short, Medium, and Long Term -- 2.7 The Concept of "Tolerable Risk" in RTT-DMP -- 2.8 The "Intensity-Type-Timing" Principle -- 2.9 The Basic Principles of Functional Tests -- 2.10 The Objectivity of the Decision Criteria -- 2.11 The Patient Centrality -- 2.12 The Different Focus Types -- 2.13 The Decision-Making Process -- 2.14 Closed and Open Skill Tests -- 2.15 The Biopsychosocial Model -- 2.16 Conclusions -- References -- 3: The Structure of the Return to Training Decision-Making Process -- 3.1 Introduction to RTT Assessment -- 3.2 Clinical Assessment -- 3.3 The Role of Imaging in the RTT-DMP -- 3.4 Laboratory Tests -- References -- 4: The Structure of the Return to Play Decision-Making Process -- 4.1 The RTP Basic Principles -- 4.2 Quantitative Evaluation (QNE) -- 4.3 Qualitative Evaluation (QLE) -- 4.4 Parameter Analysis (PA) -- References -- 5: The Role of Imaging in the Return to Training |