Reframing return-to-sport postpartum: the 6 Rs framework

Gráinne M Donnelly^{1

2

3}, Isabel S Moore⁴, Emma Brockwell^{3

5}, Alan Rankin^{6

7}, Rosalyn Cooke^{8

9}

Affiliations

¹ School of Health Sciences, University of Ulster, Belfast, Newtownabbey, UK info@absolute.physio.
² Private Practice, Absolute Physio, Enniskillen, Co Fermanagh, N Ireland, UK.
³ Perinatal Physical Activity Research Group, Canterbury Christ Church University, Canterbury, Kent, UK.
⁴ Cardiff School of Sport and Health Sciences, Cardiff Metropolitan University, Cardiff, UK.
⁵ Private Practice, Physiomum, Oxted, Surrey, UK.
⁶ Sports Medicine, Sport NI Sports Institute, Newtownabbey, N Ireland, UK.
⁷ Sports Medicine, Sports Medicine NI, Belfast, N. Ireland, UK.
⁸ Centre of Precision Rehabilitation for Spinal Pain (CPR Spine), School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
⁹ Bisham Abbey National Sports Centre, English Institute of Sport, London, Buckinghamshire, UK.

Editorial

Gráinne M Donnelly et al. Br J Sports Med. 2022 Mar.

. 2022 Mar;56(5):244-245.

doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2021-104877. Epub 2021 Nov 26.

Gráinne M Donnelly^{1

2

3}, Isabel S Moore⁴, Emma Brockwell^{3

5}, Alan Rankin^{6

7}, Rosalyn Cooke^{8

9}

¹ School of Health Sciences, University of Ulster, Belfast, Newtownabbey, UK info@absolute.physio.
² Private Practice, Absolute Physio, Enniskillen, Co Fermanagh, N Ireland, UK.
³ Perinatal Physical Activity Research Group, Canterbury Christ Church University, Canterbury, Kent, UK.
⁴ Cardiff School of Sport and Health Sciences, Cardiff Metropolitan University, Cardiff, UK.
⁵ Private Practice, Physiomum, Oxted, Surrey, UK.
⁶ Sports Medicine, Sport NI Sports Institute, Newtownabbey, N Ireland, UK.
⁷ Sports Medicine, Sports Medicine NI, Belfast, N. Ireland, UK.
⁸ Centre of Precision Rehabilitation for Spinal Pain (CPR Spine), School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
⁹ Bisham Abbey National Sports Centre, English Institute of Sport, London, Buckinghamshire, UK.

No abstract available

Keywords: female athlete triad syndrome; pregnancy; relative energy deficiency in sport; women; women in sport.

Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: ISM is an Associate Editor for British Journal of Sports Medicine.