Topical non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are one of the commonly used drugs in the treatment of sports injury, but their standardized and rational use lacks evidence-based medical guidance. This guideline working group selected clinically important issues, fully collected the opinions of patients and clinical staff, and discussed them with the expert group. Based on the existing literature evidence, the "clinical practice guidelines for topical NSAIDs in the treatment of sports injury" was formulated following the methods and principles of international guidelines. In this guideline, 7 clinical concerns were finally selected, and a total of 22 recommendations were formed. Including the status, indications, contraindications, efficacy, combined application, use in special populations, adverse reactions, and countermeasures of topical NSAIDs in the treatment of sports injury. The purpose of this guideline is to provide evidence for orthopedics, sports medicine, rehabilitation medicine, sports science, and other practitioners in the treatment of sports injury, to promote the more standardized and rational use of topical NSAIDs.
