The document is developed by consensus in the Carmen network (Care and Management of Services for Older People in Europe Network).
The document is developed for use by physiotherapists, physicians, athletic trainers, massage therapists and other health professionals as well as team coaches and strength/conditioning managers involved in care of sportspeople or workers with tendinopathy.
Frameworks for scoring the documents were developed: the planning documents, the hypothetical assignment and the additional question list.
The documents were developed or published by governmental organisations, nursing or healthcare organisations, non-profit organisation, research institutions and private organisations.
The documents were developed or published by governmental organisations (n = 12), nursing or healthcare organisations (n = 7), non-profit organisation (e.g. foundations) (n = 4), research institutions (e.g. Universities) (n = 2), private organisations (n = 1) and others (n = 2).
The documents were developed in Germany (n = 11), USA (n = 6), Australia (n = 5), Switzerland (n = 3), Canada (n = 2), and UK (n = 1) and published between 2002 and 2014.
It is within this context and framework of the ESBIO project, as a prelude for the Pilot Project, that the current document was developed.
The final document was developed through an iterative series of comments and questionnaires with a majority vote required to place an element in a specific category.
The policy document was developed through multi-stakeholder participation of experts in OH, WHO, and medical practitioners in the three tiers of the health system [ 31].
