@article{ref1,
title="Injury prevention programs that include balance training exercises reduce ankle injury rates among soccer players: a systematic review",
journal="Journal of physiotherapy",
year="2022",
author="Al Attar, Wesam Saleh A. and Khaledi, Ehdaa H. and Bakhsh, Jumana M. and Faude, Oliver and Ghulam, Hussain and Sanders, Ross H.",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="QUESTION: What is the effect of injury prevention programs that include balance training exercises on the incidence of ankle injuries among soccer players?   DESIGN: Systematic review of randomised trials with meta-analysis.   PARTICIPANTS: Soccer players of any age, sex or competition level.   INTERVENTIONS: The experimental intervention was an injury prevention program that included balance training exercises. The control intervention was the soccer team's usual warm-up program.   OUTCOME MEASURES: Exposure-based ankle injury rates. <br><br>RESULTS: Nine articles met the inclusion criteria. The pooled results of injury prevention programs that included balance training exercises among 4,959 soccer players showed a 36% reduction in ankle injury per 1,000 hours of exposure compared to the control group with an injury risk ratio (IRR) of 0.64 (95% CI 0.54 to 0.77). The pooled results of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) injury prevention programs caused a 37% reduction in ankle injury (IRR 0.63, 95% CI 0.48 to 0.84) and balance-training exercises alone cause a 42% reduction in ankle injury (IRR 0.58, 95% CI 0.41 to 0.84). <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: This meta-analysis demonstrates that balance exercises alone or as part of an injury prevention program decrease the risk of ankle injuries.   PROSPERO CRD42017054450.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1836-9553",
doi="10.1016/j.jphys.2022.05.019",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jphys.2022.05.019"
}