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| Research Title: |
Strategies to prevent injury in adolescent sport: a systematic review |
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Publication Articles |
| Category: |
Preventative Techniques
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| Keywords: |
Adolescent, Schools, injury, prevention, sport
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| Author(s): |
Liz Abernethy, Chris Bleakley |
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| Release Date: |
05 February 2008 |
| Research Summary/Text: |
Sport is the main cause of injury in adolescents. The frequency of sport injury makes them costly in the short-term and for longer term health, for example the early development of osteoarthritis. A significant number of adolescents drop out of recreational sport every year due to injury with implications for their psychosocial wellbeing and physical fitness. Both modifiable extrinsic and intrinsic factors are the focus of injury prevention strategies. Relevant studies with the four keywords (adolescent, sport, injury and prevention) were identified using seven databases. Randomised controlled trials, non-randomised intervention studies and cohort studies focusing on adolescents aged 12-18 years involved in supervised physical education and sport were reviewed.
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| Research Objectives: |
The aim of this review is to examine prevention strategies in adolescent sport, focusing specifically on sports that are available in schools.
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| Research Outcomes: |
Assessment of 154 papers found 12 studies eligible for inclusion. The evidence for using protective equipment – bracing, taping and headgear – is inconclusive and hampered by confounding factors that are difficult to control for. There is poor evidence that knee pads or eye goggles have a protective effect. There is significant and consistent evidence to support injury prevention strategies that include a combination of elements: preseason conditioning, functional training, education, strength and proprioceptive balance training that are continued throughout the playing season. The risk reduction is fairly similar for all strategies studied.
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| Research Implications: |
Effective intervention programs described in the literature can easily be reproduced and applied across a number of different sports. Where injury prevention programs already exist, the inclusion of new elements such as proprioceptive balance training, are simple and low cost. The evidence for protective equipment in injury prevention for adolescents is inconclusive.
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