ReviewSports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.)2016
Neck Muscular Strength, Training, Performance and Sport Injury Risk: A Review.
Review 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 NCT05865951 (Long-term Comparative Effects of Isometric and Isotonic Global Neck Muscles Strengthening Exercise Program on Pain, Range of Motion, Strength, Function, and Quality of Life in Patients With Chronic Mechanical Neck Pain.), which is not on this map. Cited by 25 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Long-term Comparative Effects of Isometric and Isotonic Global Neck Muscles Strengthening Exercise Program on Pain, Range of Motion, Strength, Function, and Quality of Life in Patients With Chronic Mechanical Neck Pain.
Who cites it
25 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Head and Neck Characteristics as Risk Factors For and Protective Factors Against Mild Traumatic Brain Injury in Military and Sporting Populations: A Systematic Review.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2022Pooled it
- A Systematic Review on the Biomechanics of Breakfall Technique (Ukemi) in Relation to Injury in Judo within the Adult Judoka Population.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- Injury Reduction Programs for Reducing the Incidence of Sport-Related Head and Neck Injuries Including Concussion: A Systematic Review.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2021Pooled it
- Predictors of clinical recovery from concussion: a systematic review.British journal of sports medicine · 2017Pooled it
- Cervical Spine Degeneration in Rugby Players: Position-Specific Differences in Radiographic and Clinical Outcomes Among 64 Brazilian Athletes.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2026Article
- Head impact biomechanics across men's and women's contact sports: a comparative and clustering analysis.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Evaluating a 14-week neck strengthening protocol for neuromuscular indicators associated with head and neck trauma.Sports medicine and health science · 2025Article
- Unilateral baseball pitching: morphological and functional adaptations in the neck muscles.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2025Article
- Heading in Female Soccer: A Scoping Systematic Review.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Between-Session Reliability of Field-Based Assessments of Isometric Neck Strength.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Neck strength alone does not mitigate adverse associations of soccer heading with cognitive performance in adult amateur players.PloS one · 2024Article
- An Evaluation Study of a New Designed Oscillating Hydraulic Trainer of Neck.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Intra and Inter-Rater Reliability of a Novel Isometric Test of Neck Strength.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Why the patients with Hirayama disease have abnormal cervical sagittal alignment? A radiological measurement analysis of posterior cervical extensors.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2022Article
- Optimizing Performance in Return to Play After Sport-Related Concussion in Elite Ice Hockey Players: A Sports Physical Therapy and Athletic Trainer Perspective.International journal of sports physical therapy · 2022Article
- The relation between neck strength and psychological distress: preliminary evidence from collegiate soccer athletes.Concussion (London, England) · 2021Article
- A Systematic Review of Strength and Conditioning Protocols for Improving Neck Strength and Reducing Concussion Incidence and Impact Injury Risk in Collision Sports; Is There Evidence?Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2021Review
- Evaluating the Intra-Rater and Inter-Rater Reliability of Fixed Tension Scale Instrumentation for Determining Isometric Neck Strength.International journal of exercise science · 2021Article
- Endurance of the Dorsal and Ventral Muscles in the Neck.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2020Article
- EPIDEMIOLOGY of NECK INJURIES ACCOMPANYING SPORT CONCUSSIONS in YOUTH OVER a 13-YEAR PERIOD IN a COMMUNITY-BASED HEALTHCARE SYSTEM.International journal of sports physical therapy · 2019Article
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Abstract
The neck musculature has an essential role in positioning and stabilising the head and may influence sport performance and injury risk. The objectives of this review are to (1) compare the neck strength of different athletes; (2) report on the outcomes of training programmes; (3) explore the association between neck strength and head stabilisation; (4) examine the relationship between neck strength and sport injury risk; and (5) identify areas for future research. There was a difference in strength between different player positions in football codes, gender and age. Detected differences were partly attributed to variation in neck muscle mass. Neck strength training programmes were generally shown to be effective for untrained and trained participants using dynamic or isometric actions and various types of resistance devices. There was a wide range of reported increases in neck strength; the smallest gains were usually for programmes that utilised lower intensity or frequency. There was limited evidence that greater isometric strength or dynamic training was associated with better head stabilisation during low-level force application, while there is direct evidence of an association between neck isometric training or strength and injury risk. A retrospective analysis of professional rugby union players revealed that isometric training reduced match-related cervical spine injuries and a prospective study found that greater overall isometric neck strength reduced concussion risk in high school athletes. Recommendations for future research include substantiating the link between neck strength and sport injury risk and assessing the effectiveness of neck plyometric and perturbation training on stabilisation and injury risk.
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