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Area of Science:

  • Sports Medicine
  • Rehabilitation Science
  • Exercise Physiology

Background:

  • Rehabilitation professionals prescribe exercise to reduce pain, improve function, and facilitate return to competition for athletes.
  • Current exercise prescription models demonstrate limitations, with less than 50% of injured athletes returning to their pre-injury functional level.
  • Existing paradigms for exercise prescription are often not user-friendly or are linear, based on recovery phases, hindering individualized care.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To address the limitations of current exercise prescription models.
  • To propose a more flexible and user-friendly paradigm for individualized exercise programming for athletes.
  • To enhance the effectiveness of exercise interventions by considering biopsychosocial aspects of athlete care.

Main Methods:

  • A construct-oriented paradigm for exercise prescription is presented.
  • The proposed model emphasizes flexibility and user-friendliness.
  • The paradigm is designed to facilitate the creation of individualized exercise programs.

Main Results:

  • The new paradigm aims to improve the individuality of exercise prescription.
  • It offers a more adaptable approach compared to linear, phase-based models.
  • The construct-oriented approach is intended to be user-friendly for rehabilitation professionals.

Conclusions:

  • A novel, flexible, and user-friendly exercise prescription paradigm is proposed.
  • This construct-oriented model is designed to optimize individualized exercise programs for athletes.
  • The goal is to improve outcomes for injured athletes, including return to pre-injury levels of function and competition.