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Intrinsic Risk Factors for Ankle Sprain Differ Between Male and Female Athletes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
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- Sex-Specific Patterns of Force Plate-Derived Predictors for Vertical Jump Performance and Algorithmic Musculoskeletal Injury Risk in College Athletes.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Physical Characteristics Associated With a History of Ankle Sprain in Elementary School Badminton Players.Cureus · 2025Article
- MRI analysis of distal tibiofibular joint and ankle anatomy to assess lateral ankle sprain risk.Insights into imaging · 2025Article
- Performance Asymmetry, the Risk for Ankle Sprain, and the Influence of an Intervention Program in New Male Infantry Recruits.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- The Impact of the FIFA 11+ Neuromuscular Training Programme on Ankle Injury Reduction in Football Players: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Muscles (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- The Current State of American Flag Football Injuries Among Female Athletes: A 10-Year Epidemiological Review of National Injury Data.Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine · 2025Article
- Risk Factors of Ankle Sprain in Soccer Players: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- New insights into chronic ankle instability: anFrontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2025Article
- Ankle Sprain Recurrence and Rehabilitation Among Athletes: A Case Study in the West Region of Cameroon.Cureus · 2024Article
- Ankle-GO score is associated with the probability of becoming coper after lateral ankle sprain: a 1-year prospective cohort study.British journal of sports medicine · 2024Article
- Low Ankle-GO Score While Returning to Sport After Lateral Ankle Sprain Leads to a 9-fold Increased Risk of Recurrence: A Two-year Prospective Cohort Study.Sports medicine - open · 2024Article
- Factors Associated With a Lateral Ankle Sprain in Young Female Soccer Players: A Prospective Cohort Study.Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundAnkle sprains remain prevalent across most team sports. However, despite divergent ankle sprain injury rates in male and female athletes, little is known about potential sex-specific risk factors for ankle sprain.
objectiveTo systematically investigate the sex-specific risk factors for ankle sprain.
methodsCombinations of the key terms were entered into PubMed, Web of Science, Embase and Cochrane Library databases, and prospective studies reporting ankle sprain risk factors in males or females were included for meta-analysis.
resultsSixteen studies were eligible for inclusion, for a total of 3636 athletes (735 female) and 576 ankle sprains (117 female). Out of 21 prognostic factors, previous ankle sprain injury (odds ratio = 2.74, P < .001), higher body mass index (SMD = 0.50, P < 0.001), higher weight (SMD = 0.24, P = 0.02), lower isometric hip abduction strength (SMD = - 0.52, P < 0.0001) and lower dynamic balance performance (SMD = - 0.48 to - 0.22, P < 0.001-0.04) were identified as risk factors in male athletes. In female athletes, out of 18 factors eligible for meta-analysis, only lower concentric dorsiflexion strength was identified as a risk factor (SMD = - 0.48, P = 0.005).
conclusionThis meta-analysis provides novel evidence for different risk factor profiles for ankle sprain injuries between female and male athletes. Further studies, particularly in female athletes, are needed to strengthen the evidence.
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