TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2022//
TI  - Injury prevention programs that include balance training exercises reduce ankle injury rates among soccer players: a systematic review
JO  - Journal of physiotherapy
A1  - Al Attar, Wesam Saleh A.
A1  - Khaledi, Ehdaa H.
A1  - Bakhsh, Jumana M.
A1  - Faude, Oliver
A1  - Ghulam, Hussain
A1  - Sanders, Ross H.
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 1836-9553
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jphys.2022.05.019
ID  - ref1
ER  -