@article{ref1,
title="Could specific exercises based on a movement screen prevent injuries in adolescent elite athletes?",
journal="Physical therapy in sport",
year="2019",
author="Heijne, Annette and Flodström, Frida and von Rosen, Philip",
volume="36",
number="",
pages="28-33",
abstract="OBJECTIVES: The primary aim of this study was to explore if specific exercises based on the nine test screening battery (9SB) reduce short-term and seasonal injury occurrence in adolescent elite athletes. SETTING: Youth elite sports. <br><br>DESIGN: Prospective intervention study over 1-year. PARTICIPANTS: Adolescent elite athletes (n = 216) in age 15-20 from seven different sports. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Seasonal/short-term injury incidence and seasonal substantial/injury prevalence was obtained via weekly surveys completed by study participants. <br><br>RESULTS: There was a significant (p = 0.036) difference in the seasonal substantial injury prevalence across number of times the exercises were performed (exercise category), where athletes performing the exercises ≥4 times/week reported significantly (p = 0.048) higher seasonal substantial injury prevalence compared to athletes completing the exercises once a week (median 15.4 vs 0%, r = 0.25). No statistically significant difference in injury incidence (p = 0.429) or seasonal injury prevalence (p = 0.171) was found across exercise category. Performing the exercises once a day compared to not at all did not reduce the short-term risk of new injury or substantial injury. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Our results provide supporting evidence that completing specific exercises based on the 9SB have no group effect on short-term or seasonal injury occurrence in adolescent elite athletes.<br><br>Copyright © 2018 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1466-853X",
doi="10.1016/j.ptsp.2018.12.012",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ptsp.2018.12.012"
}