Footnotes

• Twitter @KThorborg, @TBandholm

• Contributors KT drafted the manuscript. LK extracted data used in the editorial, and all coauthors critically reviewed and edited the manuscript.

• Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

• Competing interests The authors are all involved at either the scientific board (KT, TB, JSJ, HK, MSR) or the organising committee (LK and KK) of the World Congress in Sports Physical Therapy. KT is the President of International Federation of Sports Physical Therapy (IFSPT), and KK is the Chairman of DSSF.

• Patient consent for publication Not required.

• Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.