Return to Perform: Student-Athlete Assessments and Guidelines for Safe Return Back to Sports during the Period of COVID-19
by Sam Zanders Jr and Bridget Ann Frugoli Melton, EdD, CSCS,*D, TSAC-F,*D
NSCA Coach
November 2021
Vol 8, Issue 3
The purpose of this article is to strongly suggest and offer a pragmatic and stepwise approach that takes into account the ideas and concepts of shared decision making that allows for the “best practices,” pre-participation screenings, evaluations, and stratification flow charts for safe and effective return to play for athletes.
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