Trial reportBMC medicine2011
Neuromuscular training with injury prevention counselling to decrease the risk of acute musculoskeletal injury in young men during military service: a population-based, randomised study.
Trial report in BMC medicine, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT00595816 (Prevention of Musculoskeletal Injuries in Finnish Conscripts. A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial.), which is not on this map. Cited by 22 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Prevention of Musculoskeletal Injuries in Finnish Conscripts. A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial.
Who cites it
22 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 74 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effects of proprioceptive training in the recovery of patients submitted to meniscus surgery: systematic review and meta-analysis.BMJ open · 2022Pooled it
- Exercise Programs to Reduce the Risk of Musculoskeletal Injuries in Military Personnel: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.PM & R : the journal of injury, function, and rehabilitation · 2020Pooled it
- Compliance with Sport Injury Prevention Interventions in Randomised Controlled Trials: A Systematic Review.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2016Pooled it
- Effectiveness of workplace interventions in the prevention of upper extremity musculoskeletal disorders and symptoms: an update of the evidence.Occupational and environmental medicine · 2016Pooled it
- Interventions to prevent sports related injuries: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2014Pooled it
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- Musculoskeletal Injury Risk in a Military Cadet Population Participating in an Injury-Prevention Program.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2023Trial
- Bracing superior to neuromuscular training for the prevention of self-reported recurrent ankle sprains: a three-arm randomised controlled trial.British journal of sports medicine · 2014Trial
- Barriers and facilitators to implementation of musculoskeletal injury mitigation programmes for military service members around the world: a scoping review.Injury prevention : journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention · 2023Article
- Motor skills at 7 years of age and spinal pain at 11 years of age: a cohort study of 26,000 preadolescents.European journal of pediatrics · 2023Article
- Regular physical exercise before entering military service may protect young adult men from fatigue fractures.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2019Article
- Prevalence of musculoskeletal injuries and a proposal for neuromuscular training to prevent lower limb injuries in Brazilian Army soldiers: an observational study.Military Medical Research · 2018Observational
- Users' Perspectives, Opportunities, and Barriers of the Strengthen Your Ankle App for Evidence-Based Ankle Sprain Prevention: Mixed-Methods Process Evaluation for a Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR rehabilitation and assistive technologies · 2018Article
- The Status of Musculoskeletal Disorders and Its Influence on the Working Ability of Oil Workers in Xinjiang, China.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2018Article
- Musculoskeletal examination in young athletes and non-athletes: the Finnish Health Promoting Sports Club (FHPSC) study.BMJ open sport & exercise medicine · 2018Article
- Using self-report surveys at the beginning of service to develop multi-outcome risk models for new soldiers in the U.S. Army.Psychological medicine · 2017Article
- Incidence and risk factors of exercise-related knee disorders in young adult men.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2017Article
- A review of the physiological and psychological health and wellbeing of naval service personnel and the modalities used for monitoring.Military Medical Research · 2017Review
- Neuromuscular exercise and back counselling for female nursing personnel with recurrent non-specific low back pain: study protocol of a randomised controlled trial (NURSE-RCT).BMJ open sport & exercise medicine · 2016Article
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8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundThe rapidly increasing number of activity-induced musculoskeletal injuries among adolescents and young adults is currently a true public health burden. The objective of this study was to investigate whether a neuromuscular training programme with injury prevention counselling is effective in preventing acute musculoskeletal injuries in young men during military service.
methodsThe trial design was a population-based, randomised study. Two successive cohorts of male conscripts in four companies of one brigade in the Finnish Defence Forces were first followed prospectively for one 6-month term to determine the baseline incidence of injury. After this period, two new successive cohorts in the same four companies were randomised into two groups and followed prospectively for 6 months. Military service is compulsory for about 90% of 19-year-old Finnish men annually, who comprised the cohort in this study. This randomised, controlled trial included 968 conscripts comprising 501 conscripts in the intervention group and 467 conscripts in the control group. A neuromuscular training programme was used to enhance conscripts' motor skills and body control, and an educational injury prevention programme was used to increase knowledge and awareness of acute musculoskeletal injuries. The main outcome measures were acute injuries of the lower and upper limbs.
resultsIn the intervention groups, the risk for acute ankle injury decreased significantly compared to control groups (adjusted hazards ratio (HR) = 0.34, 95% confidence interval (95% CI) = 0.15 to 0.78, P = 0.011). This risk decline was observed in conscripts with low as well as moderate to high baseline fitness levels. In the latter group of conscripts, the risk of upper-extremity injuries also decreased significantly (adjusted HR = 0.37, 95% CI 0.14 to 0.99, P = 0.047). In addition, the intervention groups tended to have less time loss due to injuries (adjusted HR = 0.55, 95% CI 0.29 to 1.04).
conclusionsA neuromuscular training and injury prevention counselling programme was effective in preventing acute ankle and upper-extremity injuries in young male army conscripts. A similar programme could be useful for all young individuals by initiating a regular exercise routine.
trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov identifier number NCT00595816.
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