SynthesisInjury prevention : journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention2026
Effect of adherence to exercise-based injury prevention programmes on the risk of sports injuries: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.
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- Intervention components, training dose, and adherence in exercise-based prevention of hamstring strain injury in football: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Annals of medicine · 2026Pooled it
- Effectiveness of injury prevention programmes in female team sports: a systematic review and meta-analysis of hierarchical injury outcomes, training dose-response relationships, and adherence.Frontiers in public health · 2026Pooled it
- Injury Patterns in Portuguese Under-23 and Senior Rink Hockey Athletes: A Retrospective Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2026Article
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Abstract
backgroundAdherence may affect the effectiveness of injury prevention programmes (IPPs), yet no previous meta-analyses have examined the pooled impact of adherence to exercise-based IPPs across multiple injury types. The objective of the systematic review and meta-analysis was to investigate the effect of exercise-based IPP adherence on the risk of sports injuries.
methodsSix databases (PubMed, EMBASE, SPORTDiscus, PEDro, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials and Web of Science) were searched from inception to the end of May 2023. Randomised, quasi-randomised controlled trials and cluster-randomised controlled trials investigating exercise-based sports injury prevention interventions and providing data on adherence were included in the systematic review. Studies included in the meta-analysis were divided into top (≥84%), middle (74%-83%) and bottom (<74%) adherence tertiles according to the percentage of completed intervention sessions with equal distribution in each tertile. Of 2647 identified reports, 52 studies were included in the systematic review and 35 of these were included in the meta-analysis.
resultsThe top-adherence group had a 47% lower injury rate than the control group (rate ratio (RR)=0.53, 95% CI 0.42 to 0.67, p<0.001). In the middle and bottom-adherence groups, injury rates were RR=0.50 (95% CI 0.39 to 0.64, p<0.001) and RR=0.87 (95% CI 0.75 to 1.02, p=0.08), respectively. Meta-regression analysis confirmed the results of the primary meta-analysis showing that adherence level significantly moderates the sports injury rate (β=-0.013, p<0.001).
conclusionsHigher adherence to IPPs resulted in reduced injury rates. When the adherence level was lower, the rate of injuries was not significantly reduced. PROSPERO REGISTRATION NUMBER: CRD42023429370.
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