The Efficacy of Exercise in Preventing Injury in Adult Male Football: A Systematic Review of Randomised Controlled Trials

Porter, Tom; Rushton, A.

doi:10.1007/s40798-014-0004-6

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“…HSIs decrease the individual/collective performance and has a negative financial impact (Hickey, Shield, Williams, & Opar, 2014; Nouni‐Garcia et al, 2019). This has motivated the scientific community to pursue a better understanding of why HSIs occur and how to optimize prevention (Porter & Rushton, 2015). However, to date, only the history of hamstring injury has been consistently identified as a HSI risk factor (de Visser, Reijman, Heijboer, & Bos, 2012; van Beijsterveldt, van de Port, Vereijken, & Backx, 2013).…”

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Semitendinosus and biceps femoris long head active stiffness response until failure in professional footballers with vs. without previous hamstring injury

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European Journal of Sport Science

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This study sought to examine the active stiffness of semitendinosus (ST) and biceps femoris long head (BFlh) during a knee flexor isometric contraction at 20% of maximal voluntary isometric contraction until failure in elite footballers (n = 50, age: 22.3 ± 5.3 years; height: 1.82 ± 0.08 m; body mass: 74.7 ± 9.0 kg). Active stiffness was assessed using ultrasound-based shear wave elastography by means of shear modulus quantification. Comparisons were performed between limbs with (n = 11) vs. without (n = 89) previous hamstring injury. A similar time until failure in the knee flexor fatigue task was observed between groups (p = .401). At the start of the task, lower limbs with previous hamstring injury showed a lower BFlh active stiffness (31.0.1 ± 10.4 kPa, p = .023) and BFlh/ST active stiffness ratio (0.50 ± 0.29), and no differences for ST (72.8 ± 26.8 kPa, p = .221) compared to lower limbs without previous hamstring injuries (BFlh: 38.0 ± 9.6 kPa; ST: 64.0 ± 18.4 kPa; BFlh/ST: 0.65 ± 0.27). During the task, the ST active stiffness in both groups decreased from 80% of task time (p = .032), in the absence of changes in BFlh active stiffness (p = .534), resulting in an increase in BFlh/ST active stiffness from 80% of task time (p = .029). No differences between limbs were observed during the fatigue task for all parameters (p > .099). Future research is warranted to verify if the differences found represent an increased risk of hamstring injury. Highlights. The hamstring's active stiffness response to a fatigue protocol in soccer athletes with a history of injury is unknown. . Athletes with previous injury showed less active stiffness in the biceps femoris long head.. Similar response to fatigue was observed between athletes with and without hamstring injury history.

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Semitendinosus and biceps femoris long head active stiffness response until failure in professional footballers with vs. without previous hamstring injury

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Firmino

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European Journal of Sport Science

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“…Some studies suggest that this type of program can be effective in reducing injury rates in sports involving both lower- and upper-limbs 9 10 11 . However, recent systematic reviews concluded that there is limited scientific evidence to support exercise-based strategies to prevent injuries in football players 34 35 . In this regard, a recent umbrella review concluded that the effectiveness of injury prevention programs might depend on the included exercises, with some exercises such as plyometric, technique or functional exercises offering almost no evidence to support their effectiveness 10 .…”

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Effects of an Injury Prevention Program in CrossFit Athletes: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

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The present study aimed to assess the effects of an injury prevention program in CrossFit athletes. Thirty-two CrossFit athletes were randomized to either an intervention group (n=16), that performed mobility and stability exercises during the warm-up of all CrossFit sessions for a 10-week period or to a control group (n=16) that kept performing their usual warm-up. Incidence of injuries (primary outcome) as well as average training loads, fatigue and pain perception were registered during the study. The overall injury incidence rate was 0.04 per 1000 training hours, with no differences between groups (p>0.05). Similarly, no between-group differences were found for injury severity, nor for average training volume, intensity, training load, pain, or fatigue perception during the study (all p>0.05 with trivial-to-small effect sizes). In summary, a 10-week injury prevention program consisting of stability and mobility exercises provided no benefits on injury rates, fatigue and pain perception in recreational CrossFit athletes. Further research might corroborate the preliminary evidence reported here.

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The Efficacy of Exercise in Preventing Injury in Adult Male Football: A Systematic Review of Randomised Controlled Trials

Cited by 2 publications

References 79 publications

Semitendinosus and biceps femoris long head active stiffness response until failure in professional footballers with vs. without previous hamstring injury

Semitendinosus and biceps femoris long head active stiffness response until failure in professional footballers with vs. without previous hamstring injury

Effects of an Injury Prevention Program in CrossFit Athletes: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

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