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. 2017 Jun 27;10(3):281–288. doi: 10.1007/s12178-017-9416-5

Table 1.

Commonly cited injury prevention program articles

Study Journal Year Subjects No. of subjects Sport Program type Duration Frequency Incidence of ACL injury per 1000 occurrences
Ghilchrist et al. [62] AJSM 2008 Female 583 trained
852 control
Soccer M-F approacha 20 min/session 3 days/week, entire season 0.057 trained group
0.189 control group
Caraffa et al. [63] KSSTA 1996 Male 300 trained
300 control
Soccer N-M approacha 20 min/session Entire season Not reported
Heidt et al. [64] AJSM 2000 Female 42 trained
258 control
Soccer M-F approacha 2 days/week
7 weeks
0.25 trained group
0.33 control group
Hewett et al. [65] AJSM 1999 Female/male 366 trained
463 control
Soccer Volleyball Basketball M-F approacha 60–90 min/session 3 days/week, 6 weeks 0.12 trained group
0.22 control group
Mandelbaum et al. [66] AJSM 2005 Female 1885 trained
3818 control
Soccer M-F approacha 20 min/session 3 days/week, 12 weeks 0.09 trained group
0.49 control group
Peterson et al. [67] AOTS 2005 Female 134 trained
142 control
Handball N-M approachb 3 days/week, 8 weeks 0.08 trained group
0.49 control group
Pfeiffer et al. [68] JBJS 2006 Female 577 trained
862 control
Soccer Volleyball
Basketball
Plyo approachc 20 min/session 2 days/week, entire season 0.078 trained group
0.167 control group
Kiani et al. [69] AIM 2010 Female 1506 Soccer M-F approacha 2 days/week pre-season, 1 day/week in-season 0.04 trained troup
0.20 control group
Soligard et al. [70] BJSM 2008 Female 1055 trained
837 control
Soccer M-F approacha 20 min/session entire season Not reported

AJSM American Journal Sports Medicine, KSSTA Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy, AOTS Archives of Orthopedic and Trauma Surgery, JBJS Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, AIM Archives of Internal Medicine, BJSM British Journal of Sports Medicine

aM-F approach: multi-faceted approach included a warm-up, strengthening, plyometrics, and agility activities

bN-M approach: neuromuscular approach included proprioceptive, balance, and stability activities

cPlyo approach: plyometric-based approach included jumping and cutting activities