Background The injury burden in collision sports is relatively high compared to other team
sports. Therefore, participants in these sports would benefit by having effective injury …

Background The incidence of soccer (football) injuries is among the highest in sports.
Despite this high rate, insufficient evidence is available on the efficacy of preventive training …

Background Recently, the use of specific exercise programmes to prevent musculoskeletal
injuries in team ball sports has gained considerable attention, and the results of large-scale …

Background There are well-known challenges to implementing injury prevention strategies
in amateur soccer, but information from other soccer settings is scarce. This cross-sectional …

Background The efficacy of injury prevention programs is clear, but their causal mechanisms
are not. Better knowledge about why injury prevention programs work will improve …

Soccer is the most popular sport in the world. Expectedly, the incidence of soccer-related
injuries is high and these injuries exert a significant burden on individuals and families …

Background and aims Approximately 16% of all sports injuries in the Netherlands are
caused by outdoor soccer. A cluster-randomised controlled trial has been designed to …

Background Football is the most practised sport in the world and is associated with the risk
of injuries in the players. Some studies have been published that identify injury prevention …

In 1983, Ekstrand et al1 published the first randomised controlled trial (RCT) of an injury
prevention programme for team ball sport. Three decades on from this landmark study, it is …

Objectives: To examine evidence on the effectiveness of current injury prevention strategies
in soccer, determine the applicability of the evidence to children and youth, and make …