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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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