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Is Cumulative Load Associated with Injuries in Youth Team Sport? A Systematic Review.
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- Concurrent Associations Between the OMNI Rating of Perceived Exertion and Measures of Monitoring Training Load in Non-Elite Adolescent Team Sport Athletes.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- A Holistic Ecological Approach to Injury Prevention and Management in Youth Sport: A Scoping Review.Scandinavian journal of medicine & science in sports · 2026Article
- Diurnal variation in physical activity and musculoskeletal injury risk across sex and habitual exercise timing among physically active students.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Subsequent Physical Activity-Related Musculoskeletal Injuries in University Students: The Role of Body Composition, Training Weekly Load, and Physical Activity Intensity.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Vertical ground reaction forces and loading rates during typical activities in children and adolescents: sex- and maturity-specific considerations for bone health.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2026Article
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- Nonlinear association between physical fitness and sports injury risk among Chinese high school students: a cross-sectional study.BMC public health · 2025Article
- The Association Between Psychosocial Factors and Reported Injuries Among Youth Grassroot Soccer Players.European journal of sport science · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundHigh cumulative external and internal load may predispose athletes to increased risk for injury across a variety of sports, competition levels, and age groups. However, evidence of an association between cumulative load and injury in youth sport remains inconclusive. The objective of this study was to determine the current evidence for cumulative load and injury risk relationships in youth team sport through a systematic review of the existing literature.
methodsA systematic review of the literature was performed following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis (PRISMA) guidelines. Literature searches were conducted in PubMed, Web of Science, SCOPUS, and CINAHL for relevant articles published between January 2010 and April 2021. The authors conducted independent review and quality assessment of the eligible studies. Eleven articles evaluating youth (less than 18 years old) team sport were included for qualitative synthesis.
resultsFifty-nine percent (n = 39/66) of the relationships assessed revealed an association between cumulative load and injury across the team sports studied, including the presence of load-injury associations in 84% (n = 16/19) of assessments in youth soccer. Of those relationships where an association was present, 79% (n = 31/39) were positive associations between cumulative load and injury. Risk of bias assessment scores ranged from three to six out of seven possible (median = 5) for cohort studies and from four to seven out of 10 possible (median = 5.5) for cross-sectional studies.
conclusionsThere is some evidence for a positive association between load and injury in youth team sport. Youth soccer was the most studied team sport, and a substantial number of positive load-injury associations were reported. Current evidence lacks consistency in the measures and metrics used in defining load-injury relationships. Trial Registration PRISMA ID - CRD42020203622.
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