TY - JOUR T1 - International Olympic Committee consensus statement on pain management in elite athletes JF - British Journal of Sports Medicine JO - Br J Sports Med SP - 1245 LP - 1258 DO - 10.1136/bjsports-2017-097884 VL - 51 IS - 17 AU - Brian Hainline AU - Wayne Derman AU - Alan Vernec AU - Richard Budgett AU - Masataka Deie AU - Jiří Dvořák AU - Chris Harle AU - Stanley A Herring AU - Mike McNamee AU - Willem Meeuwisse AU - G Lorimer Moseley AU - Bade Omololu AU - John Orchard AU - Andrew Pipe AU - Babette M Pluim AU - Johan Ræder AU - Christian Siebert AU - Mike Stewart AU - Mark Stuart AU - Judith A Turner AU - Mark Ware AU - David Zideman AU - Lars Engebretsen Y1 - 2017/09/01 UR - http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/51/17/1245.abstract N2 - Pain is a common problem among elite athletes and is frequently associated with sport injury. Both pain and injury interfere with the performance of elite athletes. There are currently no evidence-based or consensus-based guidelines for the management of pain in elite athletes. Typically, pain management consists of the provision of analgesics, rest and physical therapy. More appropriately, a treatment strategy should address all contributors to pain including underlying pathophysiology, biomechanical abnormalities and psychosocial issues, and should employ therapies providing optimal benefit and minimal harm. To advance the development of a more standardised, evidence-informed approach to pain management in elite athletes, an IOC Consensus Group critically evaluated the current state of the science and practice of pain management in sport and prepared recommendations for a more unified approach to this important topic. ER -