Table 3.
Exposure and injury data for all injury prevention programmes
| Study | Intervention | Participants analysed | Exposure hours | Overall injuries | ACL injuries | Knee injuries | Ankle injuries | Hip/Groin injuries | Hamstring injuries |
| Barber Foss et al 49 | Neuromuscular training (CORE intervention) |
IG: 74 CG: 68 |
IG: 12 120*
CG: 10 818* |
IG: 25 CG: 31 |
IG: 0 CG: 0 |
IG: 11 CG: 15 |
IG: 6 CG: 9 |
NR | NR |
| Emery and Meeuwisse50 | Neuromuscular training (plus home-based balance training) |
IG: 161 CG: 251 |
IG: 10 364 CG: 16 289 |
IG: 27 CG: 61 |
NR | IG: 3 CG: 6 |
IG: 8 CG: 23 |
NR | NR |
| Espinosa et al 51 | Eccentric hamstring exercises | IG: 22 CG: 21 |
IG: 4827† CG: 4608† |
IG: 28 CG: 23 |
NR | NR | NR | NR | IG: 1 CG: 5 |
| Gilchrist et al 52 | Neuromuscular training (PEP programme) |
IG: 583 CG: 852 |
IG: 70 440*
CG: 105 838* |
NR | IG: 7 CG: 18 |
IG: 40 CG: 58 |
NR | NR | NR |
| Heidt et al 53 | Neuromuscular training (Frappier Acceleration Training programme) | IG: 42 CG: 258 |
IG: 9828‡ CG: 60 372‡ |
IG: 7 CG: 91 |
IG: 1 CG: 8 |
IG: 3 CG: 29 |
IG: 2 CG: 26 |
IG: 0 CG: 3 |
IG: 0 CG: 3 |
| LaBella et al 54 | Neuromuscular training | IG: 321 CG: 333 |
IG: 18 278*
CG: 15 292* |
IG: 32 CG: 66 |
IG: 0 CG: 1 |
IG: 1 CG: 5 |
IG: 6 CG: 14 |
NR | NR |
| Rössler et al 55 | Neuromuscular training (FIFA 11+Kids) | IG: 103 CG: 68 |
IG: 3931§ CG: 2932§ |
IG: 5 CG: 7 |
IG: 0 CG: 0 |
IG: 2 CG: 1 |
IG: 0 CG: 1 |
IG: 1 CG: 0 |
NR |
| Söderman et al 56 | Balance board training (home-based) |
IG: 62 CG: 78 |
IG: 8246§ CG: 9262§ |
IG: 28 CG: 31 |
IG: 4 CG: 1 |
IG: 8 CG: 6 |
IG: 13 CG: 14 |
IG: 1 CG: 0 |
IG: 1 CG: 7 |
| Soligard et al 57 | Neuromuscular training (FIFA 11+) |
IG: 1055 CG: 837 |
IG: 49 899 CG: 45 428 |
IG: 161 CG: 215 |
NR | IG: 35 CG: 58 |
IG: 51 CG: 52 |
IG: 10 CG: 9 |
IG: 5 CG: 8 |
| Steffen et al 58 | Neuromuscular training (FIFA 11) |
IG: 1073 CG: 947 |
IG: 66 423 CG: 65 725 |
IG: 242 CG: 241 |
IG: 4 CG: 5 |
IG: 37 CG: 30 |
IG: 79 CG: 74 |
IG: 6 CG: 14 |
NR |
| Waldén et al 59 | Neuromuscular training (Knäkontroll) | IG: 2479 CG: 2085 |
IG: 149 214 CG: 129 084 |
NR | IG: 7 CG: 14 |
IG: 49 CG: 47 |
NR | NR | NR |
| Zebis et al 60 | Using a lighter, smaller football | IG: 147 CG: 185 |
IG: 1119.3 CG: 1559.1 |
IG: 17 CG: 29 |
NR | IG: 2 CG: 9 |
IG: 7 CG: 8 |
IG: 0 CG: 1 |
IG: 1 CG: 4 |
Overall injuries for each study may have included just lower-limb or whole body injuries. Knee injuries incorporated all reported knee injuries that most likely included ACL injuries too.
*Calculated from athletic exposures (1 athletic exposure=2 exposure hours).
†Data calculated based on the total exposure hours reported for all participants that was provided by the authors.
‡Data obtained by contacting the authors.
§Estimated exposure hours based on the assumption of 6 hours exposure per week per participant (two training sessions plus one game) for 39 weeks53 and then multiplied by the number of participants.
CG, control group; CORE, exercises focused on the trunk and lower extremity; IG, intervention group; NR, not reported; PEP, Prevent injury and Enhance Performance.