ReviewArchives of physiotherapy2019
Do alterations in muscle strength, flexibility, range of motion, and alignment predict lower extremity injury in runners: a systematic review.
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 32 citations in OpenAlex.
- Biomechanical and Musculoskeletal Measurements as Risk Factors for Running-Related Injury in Non-elite Runners: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Prospective Studies.Sports medicine - open · 2022Pooled it
- Can measurement errors explain variance in the relationship between muscle- and tendon stiffness and range of motion?-a blinded reliability and objectivity study.European journal of applied physiology · 2025Article
- Incidence and biomechanical risk factors for running-related injuries: A prospective cohort study.Journal of clinical orthopaedics and trauma · 2024Article
- Exploring the Relationship between Fundamental Movement Skills and Health-Related Fitness among First and Second Graders in Korea: Implications for Healthy Childhood Development.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Lessons From Special Forces Operators for Elite Team Sports Training: How to Make the Whole Greater Than the Sum of the Parts.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2022Article
- The Hamstrings: Anatomic and Physiologic Variations and Their Potential Relationships With Injury Risk.Frontiers in physiology · 2021Review
- Training Load Capacity, Cumulative Risk, and Bone Stress Injuries: A Narrative Review of a Holistic Approach.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2021Review
- Common musculoskeletal impairments in postpartum runners: an international Delphi study.Archives of physiotherapy · 2020Article
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4 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundInjury is common in running and seen to impact up to 94% of recreational runners. Clinicians often use alterations from normal musculoskeletal clinical assessments to assess for risk of injury, but it is unclear if these assessments are associated with future injury.
objectivesTo identify alterations in muscle strength, flexibility, range of motion, and alignment that may predict lower extremity injury in runners.
methodsArticles were selected following a comprehensive search of PubMed, Embase, CINAHL, and SPORTDiscus from database inception to May 2018. Included articles were prospective cohort studies, which specifically analyzed musculoskeletal impairments associated with future running-related injury. Two authors extracted study data, assessed the methodological quality of each study using the Critical Appraisal Tool and assessed the overall quality using the GRADE approach.
resultsSeven articles met the inclusion criteria. There was very low quality of evidence for the 7 identified clinical assessment alteration categories. Strong hip abductors were significantly associated with running-related injury in one study. Increased hip external-to-internal rotation strength and decreased hip internal range of motion were protective for running injury, each in one study. Decreased navicular drop in females had a protective effect for running-related injury in one study.
conclusionsDue to very low quality of evidence for each assessment, confounders present within the studies, a limited number of studies, different measurement methods among studies, measurement variability within clinical assessments, inconsistent definitions of injury and runner, different statistical modeling, and study bias, caution is suggested in interpreting these results.
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