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SynthesisSports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.)2024

Injury Prevention Programmes Fail to Change Most Lower Limb Kinematics and Kinetics in Female Team Field and Court Sports: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomised Controlled Trials.

Yuri Lopes Lima, Tyler J Collings, Michelle Hall, Matthew N Bourne, Laura E Diamond

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Synthesis in Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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6citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
2.5field-weighted citation impact, top 10% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Yuri Lopes LimaSchool of Health Sciences and Social Work, Clinical Sciences G02, Griffith University, Parklands Drive, Southport, QLD, 4215, Australia. yuri.lopeslima@griffithuni.edu.au.ORCID 0000-0002-9228-7787
Tyler J CollingsSchool of Health Sciences and Social Work, Clinical Sciences G02, Griffith University, Parklands Drive, Southport, QLD, 4215, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-2050-6442
Michelle HallSydney Musculoskeletal Health, Sydney School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-2024-4945
Matthew N BourneSchool of Health Sciences and Social Work, Clinical Sciences G02, Griffith University, Parklands Drive, Southport, QLD, 4215, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-3374-4669
Laura E DiamondSchool of Health Sciences and Social Work, Clinical Sciences G02, Griffith University, Parklands Drive, Southport, QLD, 4215, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-2197-1856
Griffith University · AUThe University of Sydney · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundOne mechanism by which exercise interventions may be effective in reducing anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury risk is through changes in lower limb biomechanics. Understanding how training programmes affect lower-limb kinematics and kinetics may help refine injury prevention programmes.

objectiveThe aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to assess the effect of injury prevention programmes on kinematics and kinetics during tasks related to ACL injury in female team field and court sports. DATA SOURCES: Five databases were searched in October 2022. ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA: Randomised controlled trials assessing the effect of injury prevention programmes compared with usual training/no training on lower limb kinematics and kinetics in female team field and court sports were eligible for review.

resultsSixteen studies were included. A total of 976 female athletes were included. Most of the studies included interventions with multiple components (12/16). Commonly used components were plyometrics (12/16), strength (8/16), and balance/stability (7/16). Thirteen studies had routine training or sham interventions as the control group and three studies had no training. Very low certainty evidence suggests that injury prevention programmes increase knee flexion angles (mean difference = 3.1° [95% confidence interval 0.8-5.5]); however, very low to low certainty evidence suggests no effect on hip flexion angles/moments, knee flexion moments, hip adduction angles/moments, knee adduction angles/moments, hip internal rotation angles/moments, ankle dorsiflexion angles, and ground reaction forces, compared with usual training/no training.

conclusionInjury prevention programmes may be effective in increasing knee flexion angles during dynamic landing and cutting tasks but may have no effect on other lower limb biomechanical variables. As such, the benefits of injury prevention programmes may be mediated by factors other than altered biomechanics and/or may happen through other biomechanical measures not included in this review.

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Anterior Cruciate Ligament InjuriesAthletic InjuriesLower ExtremityBiomechanical PhenomenaFemaleHumansKineticsPlyometric ExercisePostural BalanceRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicTeam Sports

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PMID38044391
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