ReviewBritish journal of sports medicine2015
FIFA 11+: an effective programme to prevent football injuries in various player groups worldwide-a narrative review.
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157 citing papers in PubMed, 16 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 352 citations in OpenAlex.
- Intervention components, training dose, and adherence in exercise-based prevention of hamstring strain injury in football: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Annals of medicine · 2026Pooled it
- Comparative Effectiveness of Exercise Interventions for Hamstring Injury Prevention in Football Players: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-analysis.Sports medicine - open · 2026Pooled it
- Effects of the FIFA 11 + Program on Physical Fitness in Youth and Adult Soccer Players: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2026Pooled it
- Evaluating the effectiveness of preventive training programs in reducing the incidence of knee injuries: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2026Pooled it
- Age-moderating effects and training characteristics of neuromuscular training for preventing knee injuries: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2026Pooled it
- Epidemiology of Injury in Elite and Amateur Soccer Referees: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2025Pooled it
- Injuries in Artistic Gymnastics: Etiology, Prevention Strategies, and Multifactorial Perspectives-A Systematic Review.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Pooled it
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- Effects of recreational football on body composition, cardiometabolic health, and functional performance in children and adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in physiology · 2025Pooled it
- Effects of the FIFA 11+ program on performance, biomechanical measures, and physiological responses: A systematic review.Journal of sport and health science · 2023Pooled it
- Effects of Different Hamstring Eccentric Exercise Programs on Preventing Lower Extremity Injuries: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Pooled it
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- Physical exercises for preventing injuries among adult male football players: A systematic review.Journal of sport and health science · 2022Pooled it
- Making football safer for women: a systematic review and meta-analysis of injury prevention programmes in 11 773 female football (soccer) players.British journal of sports medicine · 2020Pooled it
- Injury Incidence, Prevalence and Severity in High-Level Male Youth Football: A Systematic Review.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2019Pooled it
- Effect of Injury Prevention Programs on Lower Extremity Performance in Youth Athletes: A Systematic Review.Sports healthPooled it
- Outcomes From Use of the Fédération International de Football Association (FIFA) 11⁺ Program With and Without Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation in 60 Male High School Soccer Players.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2026Trial
- The impact of warm-up with the volleyveilig approach on upper extremity function in female volleyball players.Scientific reports · 2025Trial
- An initial assessment of an opinion leader-informed intervention to improve concussion-related outcomes among middle school parents: a randomized controlled trial.Annals of medicine · 2024Trial
- Efficacy of a new injury prevention programme (FUNBALL) in young male football (soccer) players: a cluster-randomised controlled trial.British journal of sports medicine · 2024Trial
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Abstract
In 2009, FIFA promoted and disseminated the FIFA 11+ injury prevention programme worldwide. Developed and studied by the FIFA Medical Assessment and Research Centre (F-MARC), the programme was based on a randomised controlled study and one countrywide campaign in amateur football that significantly reduced injuries and healthcare costs. Since the FIFA 11+ launch, key publications have confirmed the preventive effects of the programme and have evaluated its performance effects in female as well as male amateur football players. Furthermore, implementation strategies of this prevention programme have also been studied. The goal of this narrative review was to summarise the available scientific evidence about the FIFA 11+ programme. While FIFA continues to disseminate and implement FIFA 11+ among its Member Associations, adaptations of the injury prevention programme for children and referees have been developed and are currently being evaluated.
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