Muscle Injury RTP Design in Football; Effects of Backward Design vs Forward Design.

This design has more open objectives than the regressive design. In the progressive design, the duration of the return-to-play program is not determined by a future date, but rather by the player's daily progress. This design is less commonly used for scheduling tasks and planning work. It is intended to be compared with the regressive design to determine which is more appropriate.

Control Group: Subjects with muscle injuries assigned to this group will follow a Return to Play program with a regressive design. This design has fixed times and objectives from the beginning of the program to predict the athlete's exact discharge time. This design is commonly used for scheduling tasks and planning work. It is intended to evaluate the benefits and drawbacks of the design and compare them with those of the progressive design to determine which is more appropriate.