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SynthesisBritish journal of sports medicine2020

Making football safer for women: a systematic review and meta-analysis of injury prevention programmes in 11 773 female football (soccer) players.

Kay M Crossley, Brooke E Patterson, Adam G Culvenor, Andrea M Bruder, Andrea B Mosler, Benjamin F Mentiplay

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Synthesis in British journal of sports medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 85 papers, 20 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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2 · The registry

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Kay M CrossleyLa Trobe Sport and Exercise Medicine Research Centre, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5892-129X
Brooke E PattersonLa Trobe Sport and Exercise Medicine Research Centre, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6570-5429
Adam G CulvenorLa Trobe Sport and Exercise Medicine Research Centre, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9491-0264
Andrea M BruderLa Trobe Sport and Exercise Medicine Research Centre, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5422-5756
Andrea B MoslerLa Trobe Sport and Exercise Medicine Research Centre, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7353-2583
Benjamin F MentiplayLa Trobe Sport and Exercise Medicine Research Centre, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia b.mentiplay@latrobe.edu.au.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4360-8310

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo evaluate the effects of injury prevention programmes on injury incidence in any women's football code; explore relationships between training components and injury risk; and report injury incidence for women's football.

designSystematic review and meta-analysis. DATA SOURCES: Nine databases searched in August 2019. ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA: Randomised controlled trials evaluating any injury prevention programme (eg, exercise, education, braces) were included. Study inclusion criteria were: ≥20 female football players in each study arm (any age, football code or participation level) and injury incidence reporting.

resultsTwelve studies, all in soccer, met inclusion criteria, with nine involving adolescent teams (aged <18 years). All studies (except one) had a high risk of bias. Eleven studies examined exercise-based programmes, with most (9/11) including multiple (≥2) training components (eg, strength, plyometric, balance exercises). Multicomponent exercise programmes reduced overall (any reported) injuries (incidence rate ratio (IRR) 0.73, 95% CI 0.59 to 0.91) and ACL injuries (IRR 0.55, 95% CI 0.32 to 0.92). For exercise-based strategies (single-component and multicomponent), hamstring injuries were also reduced (IRR 0.40, 95% CI 0.17 to 0.95). While exercise-based strategies resulted in less knee, ankle and hip/groin injuries, and the use of multiple training components was associated with greater reductions in overall and knee injuries, further studies would be required to increase the precision of these results. The incidence of overall injuries in women's football was 3.4 per 1000 exposure hours; with ankle injuries most common.

conclusionIn women's football, there is low-level evidence that multicomponent, exercise-based programmes reduce overall and ACL injuries by 27% and 45%, respectively. PROSPERO REGISTRATION NUMBER: CRD42018093527.

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Athletic InjuriesFemaleHumansIncidenceLower ExtremityPhysical Conditioning, HumanRisk FactorsSex FactorsSocceranterior cruciate ligamentinjury preventioninjury risk reductionsporting injurieswomen in sport

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PMID32253193
PMCPMC7497572

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