SynthesisInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021
Injury Prevalence of the Lower Limbs in Handball Players: A Systematic Review.
Synthesis in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
14 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- The Most Common Handball Injuries: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- Ultrasonographic Knee Abnormalities and Their Association with Pain in Young Male Handball and Basketball Athletes: A Cross-Sectional Study.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Effects of a sensorimotor training program on balance and knee motor control in male handball players with hearing impairment: a randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2026Article
- Low injury incidence and excellent return to sport after injuries in beach handball-a cross-sectional survey of 651 athletes.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2025Article
- Concurrent Validity and Reliability of Two Mobile Phone Applications for Measuring Vertical Jumps in Amateur Handball Players.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2025Article
- Off-season beach handball participation lowers injury incidence among handball players-A cross-sectional survey on 641 athletes.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2025Article
- Injury Patterns and Conservative Management in Elite Handball: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Diagnosis and Rehabilitation.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Posterior Hip Pointer: Subperiosteal Detachment of the Gluteal Muscles at the Posterior Iliac Crest in Two Elite Athletes.Muscles (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Sports Injuries in Basketball, Handball, and Volleyball Players: Systematic Review.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Article
- Lower Limb Injuries in Women's Handball, Protocols, and Most Common Tests: A Systematic Review.Translational sports medicine · 2025Review
- Perspectives on reasons why football and handball players sustain acute and severe knee injuries: a mixed-methods concept mapping study.BMJ open sport & exercise medicine · 2024Article
- A Beta Version of an Application Based on Computer Vision for the Assessment of Knee Valgus Angle: A Validity and Reliability Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Relationship of Vertical Jump Performance and Ankle Joint Range of Motion: Effect of Knee Joint Angle and Handedness in Young Adult Handball Players.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
6 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Lower limb injuries are frequent in handball and a serious hindrance to athletic performance. The aim of this systematic review was to synthesize the available research on the prevalence of lower limb injuries in handball players according to sex and competitive level. According to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis, 19 studies were selected after a systematic search and selection process of three digital databases: Scopus, PubMed, and Web of Science. Furthermore, a study quality analysis using an 'Extension for Sports Injury and Illness Surveillance of the Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (STROBE-SIIS)' was carried out. The sample consisted of 7110 male and female handball players registering 4483 injuries in their lower limbs. The results showed a high incidence of knee injuries (30.23%) and ankle injuries (24.80%), especially in the ligaments, such as the talofibular and the anterior cruciate ligaments. Considering sex and competitive level, knee injuries accounted for 47.02% of injuries among women, while among men, ankle injuries were most prevalent (34.22%) in international competitions. Additionally, the most common cause of injuries was trauma (85.61%). The findings highlighted that the prevalence of lower limb injuries varies greatly according to the characteristics of the sample and injury. Therefore, the study underlines the importance that sports practitioners (physical trainers, readapters, and physiotherapists) adapt training protocols to reduce injury incidence in the most affected body areas or tissues.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.