Introduction Currently, sports readaptation is known as a dynamic process at the structural and functional level of elements of human body movement such as physical qualities around strength, endurance, speed, power, joint and muscle synergies, e iciency and e ectiveness of movement and potentiation of functional skills for high performance sport after a sports injury Methodology literature review based on PRISMA criteria, where the search was performed in major databases such as: Pubmed, Ebsco, Medline, Scopus, Science Direct with the following DeCS terms: Return to sport, Performance, sports, Return to training, Return to play, Rehabilitation, sports language of evidence English, Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan and French Results it was possible to obtain information from 74 articles where it was established that the sports readaptation process is based on speci ic pillars such as movement, functional patterns, load control, monitoring, and follow-up criteria by phase that allow developing a successful return to high sport performance. Conclusion, sports readaptation is a process that allows making decisions based on a systematized development of the sports return process that generates the evolution of the concept of sports readaptation as an essential pillar in the work of high performance sport in any sport discipline.
