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SynthesisSports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.)2016

How Effective are F-MARC Injury Prevention Programs for Soccer Players? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Wesam Saleh A Al Attar, Najeebullah Soomro, Evangelos Pappas, Peter J Sinclair, Ross H Sanders

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Synthesis in Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.), 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04666935 (The Effect of the Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center), which is not on this map. Cited by 49 papers, 15 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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NCT04666935 naunknown statusnot on this mapstarted 2021, after this paper: background citation

The Effect of the Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center (OSTRC) Injury Prevention Exercises Reducing Injuries Rate Among Athletes. a Randomized Controlled Trial.

TypeinterventionalSponsorUmm Al-Qura UniversityRan2021 to 2021Enrolled400ConditionsSport InjuryArmsThe Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center (OSTRC) Injury Prevention Program, Usual warm up
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Who cites it

49 citing papers in PubMed, 15 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Wesam Saleh A Al AttarDiscipline of Exercise and Sport Science, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Sydney, 75 East Street, Lidcombe, NSW, 2141, Australia. wala3431@uni.sydney.edu.au.
Najeebullah SoomroDiscipline of Exercise and Sport Science, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Sydney, 75 East Street, Lidcombe, NSW, 2141, Australia.
Evangelos PappasDiscipline of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Sydney, Lidcombe, NSW, Australia.
Peter J SinclairDiscipline of Exercise and Sport Science, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Sydney, 75 East Street, Lidcombe, NSW, 2141, Australia.
Ross H SandersDiscipline of Exercise and Sport Science, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Sydney, 75 East Street, Lidcombe, NSW, 2141, Australia.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe FIFA Medical and Research Centre (F-MARC) has designed a comprehensive warm-up program targeting muscular strength, body kinaesthetic awareness, and neuromuscular control during static and dynamic movements to decrease injury risk for soccer players. Prior studies have investigated the effectiveness of the F-MARC programs, but have not consistently reported a statistically significant reduction in injury and reduction in time loss due to injury from utilizing the program.

objectiveThe purpose of this study was to conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials and interventional studies that evaluated the efficacy of the F-MARC injury prevention programs in soccer.

methodsTwo independent researchers searched the relevant article databases. The keyword domains used during the search were 'F-MARC', 'FIFA 11+', 'the 11+', 'injury prevention programs', 'soccer', and variations of these keywords. The initial search resulted in 4299 articles which were filtered to nine articles that met the inclusion criteria. Main inclusion criteria were randomized controlled trials or interventional studies, use of F-MARC injury prevention programs, and the primary outcome measuring overall and lower extremity injuries. Extracted data were entered and analyzed using Comprehensive Meta-Analysis software, version 2 (CMA.V2).

resultsThe pooled results based on total injuries per 1000 h of exposure showed that F-MARC injury prevention programs had a statistically significant reduction in the overall injury risk ratio of 0.771 (95% CI 0.647-0.918, p = 0.003) and the lower extremity injury risk ratio of 0.762 (95% CI 0.621-0.935, p = 0.009). Moreover, FIFA '11+' had a statistically significant reduction in the overall injury risk ratio to 0.654 (95% CI 0.537-0.798, p < 0.001) and the lower extremity injury risk ratio of 0.612 (95% CI 0.475-0.788, p < 0.001). However, FIFA '11' did not reach significance for the lower extremity and overall injury reduction. It can be suggested that teams involved in the FIFA '11+' warm-up program will reduce injury rates by between 20 and 50% in the long term compared with the teams that do not engage in F-MARC programs.

conclusionsThis systematic review and meta-analysis indicated that use of F-MARC injury prevention programs, particularly the '11+' program, decreases the risk of injuries among soccer players. These data also support the case for the development and introduction of sport-specific programs.

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Warm-Up ExerciseAthletesAthletic InjuriesFemaleHumansLower ExtremityMaleRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicSoccer

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PMID26403470

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