Table 2.
Detailed results of NMT use by players, stratified by sex and injury history
| Preseason | In-season | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | Male | Female | No injury history | Injury history | Overall | Male | Female | No injury history | Injury history | ||
| N/n | 2013 | 1205 | 808 | 873 | 1140 | 1253 | 766 | 487 | 587 | 666 | |
| Any injury prevention (%) | Yes | 762 (37.9) | 576 (47.8) | 186 (23.0) | 240 (27.5) | 522 (45.8) | 353 (28.2) | 266 (34.7) | 87 (17.9) | 126 (21.5) | 227 (34.1) |
| No | 1251 (62.1) | 629 (52.2) | 622 (77.0) | 633 (72.5) | 618 (54.2) | 900 (71.8) | 500 (65.3) | 400 (82.1) | 461 (78.5) | 439 (65.9) | |
| Stabilisation exercises (%) | Yes | 563 (73.9) | 446 (77.4) | 117 (62.9) | 161 (67.1) | 402 (77.0) | 225 (63.7) | 168 (63.2) | 57 (65.5) | 72 (57.1) | 153 (67.4) |
| No | 199 (26.1) | 130 (22.6) | 69 (37.1) | 79 (32.9) | 120 (23.0) | 128 (36.3) | 98 (36.8) | 30 (34.5) | 54 (42.9) | 74 (32.6) | |
| Attention to correct landing technique during stabilisation exercises (%) | Yes | 435 (78.1) | 342 (77.7) | 93 (79.5) | 125 (78.6) | 310 (77.9) | 186 (82.7) | 142 (84.5) | 44 (77.2) | 63 (87.5) | 123 (80.4) |
| No | 122 (21.9) | 98 (22.3) | 24 (20.5) | 34 (21.4) | 88 (22.1) | 39 (17.3) | 24 (15.5) | 13 (22.8) | 9 (12.5) | 30 (19.6) | |
| Stabilisation exercises during training (%) | Yes | 347 (61.6) | 284 (63.7) | 63 (53.8) | 111 (68.9) | 236 (58.7) | 115 (51.1) | 95 (56.5) | 20 (35.1) | 45 (62.5) | 70 (45.8) |
| No | 216 (38.4) | 162 (36.3) | 54 (46.2) | 50 (31.1) | 166 (41.3) | 110 (48.9) | 73 (43.5) | 37 (64.9) | 27 (37.5) | 83 (54.2) | |
| Frequency of stabilisation exercises during training (%) | < 1 time/week | 42 (12.2) | 30 (10.6) | 12 (19.0) | 16 (14.7) | 26 (11.0) | 29 (25.2) | 21 (22.1) | 8 (40.0) | 15 (33.3) | 14 (20.0) |
| 1 time/week | 165 (47.8) | 136 (48.2) | 29 (46.0) | 58 (53.2) | 107 (45.3) | 52 (45.2) | 46 (48.4) | 6 (30.0) | 19 (42.2) | 33 (47.1) | |
| 2 times/week | 121 (35.1) | 102 (36.2) | 19 (30.2) | 30 (27.5) | 91 (38.6) | 29 (25.2) | 24 (25.3) | 5 (25.0) | 9 (20.0) | 20 (28.6) | |
| 3 times/week | 14 ( 4.1) | 12 ( 4.3) | 2 ( 3.2) | 4 ( 3.7) | 10 ( 4.2) | 5 ( 4.3) | 4 ( 4.2) | 1 ( 5.0) | 2 ( 4.4) | 3 ( 4.3) | |
| 4 times/week | 2 ( 0.6) | 2 ( 0.7) | 0 ( 0.0) | 1 ( 0.9) | 1 ( 0.4) | 0 ( 0.0) | 0 ( 0.0) | 0 ( 0.0) | 0 ( 0.0) | 0 ( 0.0) | |
| 5 times/week | 1 ( 0.3) | 0 ( 0.0) | 1 ( 1.6) | 0 ( 0.0) | 1 ( 0.4) | 0 ( 0.0) | 0 ( 0.0) | 0 ( 0.0) | 0 ( 0.0) | 0 ( 0.0) | |
| Duration of stabilisation exercises during training (%) | < 10 min | 242 (69.9) | 193 (68.2) | 49 (77.8) | 83 (74.8) | 159 (67.7) | 87 (75.7) | 71 (74.7) | 16 (80.0) | 35 (77.8) | 52 (74.3) |
| > = 10 min | 104 (30.1) | 90 (31.8) | 14 (22.2) | 28 (25.2) | 76 (32.3) | 28 (24.3) | 24 (25.3) | 4 (20.0) | 10 (22.2) | 18 (25.7) | |
| Stabilisation exercises at home (%) | Yes | 356 (63.6) | 288 (65.0) | 68 (58.1) | 79 (49.4) | 277 (69.2) | 158 (70.2) | 113 (67.3) | 45 (78.9) | 42 (58.3) | 116 (75.8) |
| No | 204 (36.4) | 155 (35.0) | 49 (41.9) | 81 (50.6) | 123 (30.8) | 67 (29.8) | 55 (32.7) | 12 (21.1) | 30 (41.7) | 37 (24.2) | |
| Frequency stabilisation exercises at home (%) | < 1 time/week | 16 ( 4.5) | 12 ( 4.2) | 4 ( 5.9) | 8 (10.1) | 8 ( 2.9) | 11 ( 7.0) | 7 ( 6.2) | 4 ( 8.9) | 4 ( 9.5) | 7 ( 6.0) |
| 1 time/week | 105 (29.5) | 87 (30.2) | 18 (26.5) | 24 (30.4) | 81 (29.2) | 54 (34.2) | 42 (37.2) | 12 (26.7) | 15 (35.7) | 39 (33.6) | |
| 2 times/week | 140 (39.3) | 115 (39.9) | 25 (36.8) | 31 (39.2) | 109 (39.4) | 50 (31.6) | 36 (31.9) | 14 (31.1) | 11 (26.2) | 39 (33.6) | |
| 3 times/week | 60 (16.9) | 49 (17.0) | 11 (16.2) | 11 (13.9) | 49 (17.7) | 35 (22.2) | 24 (21.2) | 11 (24.4) | 10 (23.8) | 25 (21.6) | |
| 4 times/week | 9 ( 2.5) | 8 ( 2.8) | 1 ( 1.5) | 1 ( 1.3) | 8 ( 2.9) | 4 ( 2.5) | 2 ( 1.8) | 2 ( 4.4) | 1 ( 2.4) | 3 ( 2.6) | |
| 5 times/week | 13 ( 3.7) | 9 ( 3.1) | 4 ( 5.9) | 2 ( 2.5) | 11 ( 4.0) | 1 ( 0.6) | 0 ( 0.0) | 1 ( 2.2) | 0 ( 0.0) | 1 ( 0.9) | |
| > = 6 times/week | 13 ( 3.7) | 8 ( 2.8) | 5 ( 7.4) | 2 ( 2.5) | 11 ( 4.0) | 3 ( 1.9) | 2 ( 1.8) | 1 ( 2.2) | 1 ( 2.4) | 2 ( 1.7) | |
| Duration of stabilisation exercises at home (%) | < 10 min | 159 (44.5) | 126 (43.6) | 33 (48.5) | 35 (43.8) | 124 (44.8) | 78 (49.4) | 53 (46.9) | 25 (55.6) | 16 (38.1) | 62 (53.4) |
| > = 10 min | 198 (55.5) | 163 (56.4) | 35 (51.5) | 45 (56.2) | 153 (55.2) | 80 (50.6) | 60 (53.1) | 20 (44.4) | 26 (61.9) | 54 (46.6) | |
| Plyometric exercises (%) | Yes | 484 (63.6) | 396 (68.9) | 88 (47.3) | 143 (59.6) | 341 (65.5) | 186 (59.8) | 161 (60.5) | 25 (55.6) | 53 (54.1) | 133 (62.4) |
| No | 277 (36.4) | 179 (31.1) | 98 (52.7) | 97 (40.4) | 180 (34.5) | 125 (40.2) | 105 (39.5) | 20 (44.4) | 45 (45.9) | 80 (37.6) | |
| Attention to correct landing technique during plyometric exercises (%) | Yes | 290 (60.3) | 304 (77.0) | 69 (80.2) | 108 (76.1) | 265 (78.2) | 162 (87.1) | 137 (85.1) | 20 (80) | 44 (83.0) | 103 (77.4) |
| No | 191 (39.7) | 91 (23.0) | 17 (19.8) | 34 (23.9) | 74 (21.8) | 24 (12.9) | 24 (14.9) | 5 (20) | 9 (17.0) | 30 (22.6) | |
| Plyometric exercises during training (%) | Yes | 290 (60.3) | 247 (62.8) | 43 (48.9) | 86 (61.0) | 204 (60.0) | 117 (56.8) | 92 (57.1) | 25 (55.6) | 34 (58.6) | 83 (56.1) |
| No | 191 (39.7) | 146 (37.2) | 45 (51.1) | 55 (39.0) | 136 (40.0) | 89 (43.2) | 69 (42.9) | 20 (44.4) | 24 (41.4) | 65 (43.9) | |
| Frequency of plyometric exercises during training (%) | < 1 time/week | 47 (16.0) | 40 (15.9) | 7 (16.3) | 13 (14.9) | 34 (16.4) | 31 (22.6) | 31 (33.7) | 0 ( 0.0) | 11 (28.2) | 20 (20.4) |
| 1 time/week | 172 (58.5) | 144 (57.4) | 28 (65.1) | 56 (64.4) | 116 (56.0) | 64 (46.7) | 39 (42.4) | 25 (55.6) | 16 (41.0) | 48 (49.0) | |
| 2 times/week | 64 (21.8) | 58 (23.1) | 6 (14.0) | 15 (17.2) | 49 (23.7) | 39 (28.5) | 19 (20.7) | 20 (44.4) | 12 (30.8) | 27 (27.6) | |
| 3 times/week | 9 ( 3.1) | 8 ( 3.2) | 1 ( 2.3) | 3 ( 3.4) | 6 ( 2.9) | 3 ( 2.2) | 3 ( 3.3) | 0 ( 0.0) | 0 ( 0.0) | 3 ( 3.1) | |
| 4 times/week | 1 ( 0.3) | 1 ( 0.4) | 0 ( 0.0) | 0 ( 0.0) | 1 ( 0.5) | 0 ( 0.0) | 0 ( 0.0) | 0 ( 0.0) | 0 ( 0.0) | 0 ( 0.0) | |
| 5 times/week | 1 ( 0.3) | 0 ( 0.0) | 1 ( 2.3) | 0 ( 0.0) | 1 ( 0.5) | 0 ( 0.0) | 0 ( 0.0) | 0 ( 0.0) | 0 ( 0.0) | 0 ( 0.0) | |
| Duration of plyometric exercises during training (%) | < 10 min | 192 (65.5) | 161 (64.4) | 31 (72.1) | 61 (69.3) | 131 (63.9) | 84 (75.0) | 69 (75.0) | 15 (75.0) | 31 (81.6) | 53 (71.6) |
| > = 10 min | 101 (34.5) | 89 (35.6) | 12 (27.9) | 27 (30.7) | 74 (36.1) | 28 (25.0) | 23 (25.0) | 5 (25.0) | 7 (18.4) | 21 (28.4) | |
| Plyometric exercises at home (%) | Yes | 215 (44.4) | 174 (43.9) | 41 (46.6) | 49 (34.3) | 166 (48.7) | 111 (54.4) | 89 (55.3) | 22 (51.2) | 31 (45.6) | 80 (58.8) |
| No | 269 (55.6) | 222 (56.1) | 47 (53.4) | 94 (65.7) | 175 (51.3) | 93 (45.6) | 72 (44.7) | 21 (48.8) | 37 (54.4) | 56 (41.2) | |
| Frequency of plyometric exercises at home (%) | < 1 time/week | 12 ( 5.6) | 10 ( 5.7) | 2 ( 4.9) | 3 ( 6.1) | 9 ( 5.4) | 13 (11.7) | 10 (11.2) | 3 (13.6) | 3 ( 9.7) | 10 (12.5) |
| 1 time/week | 64 (29.6) | 53 (30.3) | 11 (26.8) | 19 (38.8) | 45 (26.9) | 50 (45.0) | 46 (51.7) | 4 (18.2) | 14 (45.2) | 36 (45.0) | |
| 2 times/week | 87 (40.3) | 73 (41.7) | 14 (34.1) | 15 (30.6) | 72 (43.1) | 32 (28.8) | 25 (28.1) | 7 (31.8) | 10 (32.3) | 22 (27.5) | |
| 3 times/week | 40 (18.5) | 31 (17.7) | 9 (22.0) | 8 (16.3) | 32 (19.2) | 13 (11.7) | 7 ( 7.9) | 6 (27.3) | 3 ( 9.7) | 10 (12.5) | |
| 4 times/week | 4 ( 1.9) | 4 ( 2.3) | 0 ( 0.0) | 0 ( 0.0) | 4 ( 2.4) | 2 ( 1.8) | 1 ( 1.1) | 1 ( 4.5) | 0 ( 0.0) | 2 ( 2.5) | |
| 5 times/week | 4 ( 1.9) | 2 ( 1.1) | 2 ( 4.9) | 1 ( 2.0) | 3 ( 1.8) | 0 ( 0.0) | 0 ( 0.0) | 0 ( 0.0) | 0 ( 0.0) | 0 ( 0.0) | |
| > = 6 times/week | 5 ( 2.3) | 2 ( 1.1) | 3 ( 7.3) | 3 ( 6.1) | 2 ( 1.2) | 1 ( 0.9) | 0 ( 0.0) | 1 ( 4.5) | 1 ( 3.2) | 0 ( 0.0) | |
| Duration of plyometric exercises at home (%) | < 10 min | 88 (40.7) | 67 (38.3) | 21 (51.2) | 21 (42.9) | 67 (40.1) | 63 (56.8) | 49 (55.1) | 14 (63.6) | 14 (45.2) | 49 (61.3) |
| > = 10 min | 128 (59.3) | 108 (61.7) | 20 (48.8) | 28 (57.1) | 100 (59.9) | 48 (43.2) | 40 (44.9) | 8 (36.4) | 17 (54.8) | 31 (38.8) | |
| Tape/brace (%) | No tape/brace | 1702 (84.6) | 1051 (87.2) | 651 (80.8) | 806 (92.4) | 896 (78.7) | 1054 (84.1) | 660 (86.2) | 394 (80.9) | 548 (93.4) | 506 (76.0) |
| Tape/brace | 309 (15.4) | 154 (12.8) | 155 (19.2) | 66 ( 7.6) | 243 (21.3) | 199 (15.9) | 106 (13.8) | 93 (19.1) | 39 ( 6.6) | 160 (24.0) | |