SynthesisKnee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA2014
Prevention of non-contact anterior cruciate ligament injuries in sports. Part II: systematic review of the effectiveness of prevention programmes in male athletes.
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- Higher hamstring-to-quadriceps isokinetic strength ratio during the first post-operative months in patients with quadriceps tendon compared to hamstring tendon graft following ACL reconstruction.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2018Article
- Osteoarthritis action alliance consensus opinion - best practice features of anterior cruciate ligament and lower limb injury prevention programs.World journal of orthopedics · 2017Article
- A Systematic Summary of Systematic Reviews on the Topic of the Anterior Cruciate Ligament.Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine · 2016Article
- Assessment of neuromuscular risk factors for anterior cruciate ligament injury through tensiomyography in male soccer players.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2015Article
- Assessment of gastrocnemius tensiomyographic neuromuscular characteristics as risk factors for anterior cruciate ligament injury in male soccer players.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2015Article
- What Risk Factors Are Associated With Musculoskeletal Injury in US Army Rangers? A Prospective Prognostic Study.Clinical orthopaedics and related research · 2015Article
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7 authors at 6 institutions in 3 countries.
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Abstract
purposeTo synthesize the results of systematic literature review focused on the effectiveness of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury prevention programmes in male athletes.
methodsAll abstracts and articles of potential interest identified through the systematic literature search were reviewed in detail to determine on inclusion status. Information regarding prevention programmes to reduce ACL injuries or to modify risk factors for ACL injuries in male athletes was systematically extracted and included intervention and study design, characteristics of participants, sport and level of competition, characteristics of prevention programmes, results, and conclusions. All studies were evaluated for methodological quality to assess the risk of bias.
resultsThe principal findings of this systematic review are as follows: (1) most of the studies applied prevention programmes that utilized risk factors as outcomes of interest as opposed to ACL injury incidence (5 and 2 studies, respectively); (2) the effectiveness of prevention programmes to reduce ACL injuries in male athletes is equivocal (1 in favour, 1 against) and only refers to soccer players; (3) the effectiveness of prevention programmes to modify risk factors for ACL injuries in male athletes is controversial (2 in favour, 3 against) and outcome data are limited to cutting manoeuvres.
conclusionData regarding the effectiveness of prevention programmes to reduce ACL injuries or to modify risk factors for ACL injuries in male athletes are scarce and not conclusive. Future research to better determine the most effective approaches to optimize the effectiveness of prevention programmes targeted to reduce ACL injuries in male athletes is warranted.
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