Percentage of respondents ranking different stakeholders as most capable to assess injury-related return-to-play criteria
| Healing state (n=656) | Reinjury (n=660) | Short-term problems (n=644) | Long-term problems (n=643) | Injury to team members (n=634) | Injury to opponents (n=632) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Occupation considered having best capacity (percentage of stakeholder group (%)) | ||||||
| CASEM | MD (83) | MD (78) | MD (83) | MD (90) | AT (38) | AT/MD (36) |
| SPC | PT (50) | PT (76) | PT (63) | PT (56) | PT (42) | PT (36) |
| CATA | MD (59) | AT (74) | AT (58) | MD (64) | AT (70) | AT (66) |
| RCCSSC | MD (57) | Chiro (56) | Chiro (44) | Chiro (50) | Coach (30) | Coach (31) |
| CSMTA | MD (52) | AT (39) | AT (40) | PT/MD (38) | AT (31) | AT (32) |
| AthletesCAN | MD (44) | PT (48) | PT (43) | MD (53) | Coach (44) | Coach (46) |
| COC | MD (65) | MD (42) | MD (43) | MD (75) | Coach (64) | Coach (56) |
| Sport Associations | MD (73) | MD (69) | MD (81) | MD (90) | MD (31) | MD (30) |
| Percentage ranking own occupation as having best capacity (%) | ||||||
| CASEM | 83 | 78 | 83 | 90 | 32 | 36 |
| SPC | 50 | 76 | 63 | 56 | 42 | 36 |
| CATA | 37 | 74 | 58 | 32 | 70 | 66 |
| RCCSSC | 32 | 56 | 44 | 50 | 27 | 17 |
| CSMTA | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| AthletesCAN | 12 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| COC | 0 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 64 | 56 |
| Sport Associations | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 13 |
Sport Associations: Includes the Canadian Soccer Association (single sport association), Canada Games (developmental multisport organisation), and the Canadian Olympic Committee (elite multisport organisation).
AthletesCAN: Athletes Canada (national team athletes, ‘Athlete’); CAC: Coaching Association of Canada (coaches, ‘Coach’); CASEM: Canadian Academy of Sport and Exercise Medicine (sport medicine physicians, ‘MD’); CATA: Canadian Athletic Therapy Association (athletic therapists ‘AT’); CSMTA: Canadian Sport Massage Therapists Association (sport massage therapists, ‘MT’); RCCSSC: Royal College of Chiropractice Sport Sciences Canada (sport chiropractors, ‘Chiro’); SPC: Sport Physiotherapy Canada (sport physiotherapists, ‘PT’).