Table 1.
Study information for law enforcement recruits
| Study | Country | Study design | Funding source | Sampling time frame | Injury reporting (prospective/ retrospective) | Injury definition (all, medical attention, time-loss or required withdrawal from recruit training programme) | Injury nature provided (eg, fracture) | Injury region provided (eg, knee) |
| Constantini et al 20101 | Israel | Prospective intervention with historical control | Private | 1996–2005 (control) | Prospective | Medical attention | Yes | Yes |
| Knapik et al 20112 | USA | Prospective cohort | Internally—Federal Bureau of Investigation and US Army Public Health Command | 2009–2010 | Prospective | Medical attention | Yes | No |
| Lockie et al 201921 | USA | Retrospective cohort | No funding | Not reported | Prospective | Withdrawal from programme | No | No |
| Orr et al 20163 | Australia | Retrospective cohort | Not reported | 2013–2014 | Prospective | Medical attention | No | No |
| Orr et al 201618 | Australia | Randomised controlled trial | Not reported | Not reported | Prospective | Medical attention | No | Yes |
| Orr et al 201719 | Australia | Retrospective cohort | No funding | 2013 | Prospective | Medical attention | No | No |
| Tomes et al 202024 | New Zealand | Retrospective cohort | Not reported | Not reported | Prospective | Medical attention | No | Yes |
| Wang et al 200325 | China | Retrospective cohort | Not reported | 1999–2000 | Prospective | Medical Attention | No | No |