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Trial reportJournal of orthopaedic surgery and research2025

Effects of the wrestling + injury prevention program in freestyle wrestlers: a two-arm randomized controlled trial.

Rasoul Bayati, Ali Shamsi Majelan, Hamed Zarei

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Trial report in Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Rasoul BayatiCorrective Exercises and Sports Injury Department, Faculty of Physical Education & sport sciences, University of Guilan, kilometers 10 Rasht-Ghazvin Road, Rasht, Iran.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3626-7124
Ali Shamsi MajelanCorrective Exercises and Sports Injury Department, Faculty of Physical Education & sport sciences, University of Guilan, kilometers 10 Rasht-Ghazvin Road, Rasht, Iran. shamsi@guilan.ac.ir.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7035-3261
Hamed ZareiCorrective Exercises and Sports Injury Department, Faculty of Physical Education & sport sciences, University of Guilan, kilometers 10 Rasht-Ghazvin Road, Rasht, Iran.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9138-9346

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Abstract

backgroundTo assess the effectiveness of the Wrestling + injury prevention program on incidence of injuries, neuromuscular mechanisms and dynamic balance of freestyle (FS) wrestler.

methodsThe participants of this study consisted of FS wrestling players in Qom province (Iran). A total of 80 participants were assigned to this study and using simple and random method with computer divided into experimental (EXP, n = 40) and control (CON, n = 40) groups. The groups were blinded against each other. The follow-up period was one season (6 months). EXP replaced their warm-up by Wrestling + program. CON performed a standard warm-up program. The primary outcome was the injury incidence density (injuries per 1000 h of wrestling exposure), compared between groups by incidence rate ratios (RR). Also, the secondary outcome was neuromuscular mechanisms and dynamic balance.

resultsThe per-protocol analysis showed a reduction of the overall injury incidence density in the EXP group by 58% compared to the CON group. Additionally, within-group analyses revealed significant improvements in neuromuscular mechanisms and dynamic balance for both the EXP and CON groups following 24 weeks of warm-up programs (p < 0.05). Furthermore, between-group comparisons indicated significant differences favoring the EXP group relative to the CON group (p < 0.05).

conclusionThe Wrestling + program is effective in reducing injuries among FS wrestlers with overall injuries reduced by 58%. Moreover, the results indicate that the Wrestling + program is more effective than traditional warm-up routines in improving neuromuscular mechanisms and dynamic balance among FS wrestlers. Therefore, it is recommended that coaches use a Wrestling + program to reduce the incidence of injury in FS wrestlers.

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Athletic InjuriesWarm-Up ExerciseWrestlingAdolescentAdultHumansIncidenceMalePostural BalanceYoung AdultAthletic injuresDynamic warm-upNeuromuscular mechanismsPrimary prevention

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PMCPMC12087162

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