Sports medicine and rehabilitation is an area of sports medicine, where the application of Evidence based practice is more valuable. It covers the rehabilitation, evaluation, prevention and management of injuries brought about by participation in athletic and sports activities. The use of evidence to guide the practice of clinical practitioners, known as Evidence Based Practice or Evidence based practice, has been an increasing area of interest all over the world. 

 

Concept of Evidence Based Practice started in the field of medicine and the previously used term was Evidence Based Medicine. Eventually, the concepts were adopted by other health professions which want to provide the best management to achieve optimum outcomes for clients and patients. So that the term Evidence Based Practice was coined by other health professions.

 

Evidence based practice is playing major role in the field of sports medicine and rehabilitation as it is not present in any other health area. Applying Evidence based practice can be made easier by open access journal facilities and then localizing the evidence to a client scenario. Sports medicine professionals need to be engaged and very active in applying Evidence based practice in their context of practice to realize that Evidence based practice is easy and important for the field of sports medicine and rehabilitation.