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DOI 10.1007/s00167-009-0901-2
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Received: 19 March 2009 / Accepted: 6 August 2009 / Published online: 4 September 2009
Springer-Verlag 2009
B. O. Lim
Sports Science Institute, Seoul National University,
Seoul, South Korea
M. Ha
Department of Preventive Medicine,
Dankook University College of Medicine,
Cheonan, South Korea
Introduction
S. W. Lee
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Sunlin Hospital,
Pohang, South Korea
S. J. Oh J. G. Kim (&)
Orthopedic Department, Sports Medical Center,
Seoul Paik Hospital, Inje University,
2 Ka Jur Dong, Chung Gu, Seoul 100-032, Korea
e-mail: boram107@hanmail.net
Y. S. Lee
Department of Orthopedic Surgery,
Korea University Ansan Hospital,
Seoul, South Korea
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Search terms
Knee injury
ACL injury
Gender difference
Injury prevention
Neuromuscular training
Neuromuscular coordination,
neuromuscular exercise
Plyometrics
Plyometric exercise,
plyometric training
Strengthening training
Strengthening exercise
Balance training
Balance exercise,
equilibrium training
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Results
Five of the seven studies supported the efficacy of the
preventive programs, while the other two studies did not.
The meta-analysis conducted by pooling the seven eligible
studies showed that the incidence of ACL injury was 34 of
3,999 in trained group, and 123 of 6,462 in untrained group
with an OR of 0.40 and a 95% CI of [0.27, 0.60] in the
fixed model, which demonstrated the effectiveness of the
preventive training (Table 3; Fig. 2). No significant heterogeneity was found among studies (Table 3), and no significant publication bias was evident (Fig. 3).
The results of the subgroup analysis are outlined in
Table 4. The OR [95% CI] of subjects under the age of 18
was 0.27 [0.14, 0.49] and training among these subjects
proved to have a more favorable effect than on adults with
0.78 [0.230, 2.64]. Training had more effect on soccer, 0.32
[0.19, 0.56] than on handball, 0.54 [0.30, 0.97]. Pre- and inseason training 0.54 [0.30, 0.97] was effective, while preseason training, 0.35 [0.10, 1.21], or in-season 0.32 [0.17,
Table 2 Type of sports, subject age, and the number of ACL injuries in trained and untrained groups
Study
Year of
publication
Age (years)
Type of sport
Training time
Biomechanical component
1999
1418
Soccer, volleyball,
basketball
Pre-season
Plyometric strengthening
2000
1418
Soccer
Pre-season
Plyometric strengthening
2000
20.4 4.6
Soccer
In-season
Balancing
Pre-season
Plyometric balancing
20.5 5.4
Myklebust et al. [3]
2003
1635
Handball
In-season
Mandelbaum et al. [23]
2005
1418
Soccer
In-season
2005
Adult
Handball
Pre-season
Plyometric balancing
In-season
Pfeiffer et al. [25]
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2006
1418(?)
Soccer, volleyball,
basketball
In-season
Plyometric agility
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Table 3 The odds ratios and confidence intervals of the seven respective studies
Study
Untrained
Uninjured
OR [95% CI]a
Trained
Injured
Uninjured
Injured
453
10
364
250
41
99
117
913
29
891
17
3,751
67
1,879
137
133
859
6,462
3
123
574
3,999
3
34
MH pooled OR (fixed)
untrained group with the ORs and 95% confidence intervals of 0.40
and 0.27 to 0.60 in the MantelHaenszels fixed model and 0.49 and
0.27 to 1.02 in the DerSimonian and Lairds random model, which
manifested the effectiveness of the preventive training by this metaanalysis
Discussion
The most important finding of the present study was that
neuromuscular preventive programs were found to be
effective at preventing ACL injuries in female athletes. The
favorable effect of training was more pronounced in
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of the knee and the nature of the external force at the time
of injury, which cannot be prevented by preventive exercise [31]. Neuromuscular preventive programs target noncontact ACL injuries [2, 31]. Five of the seven identified
studies in the current study compared non-contact ACL
injury [2, 3, 2325], while the other two [8, 21] studies
provided no information on non-contact or contact type of
injury. Moreover, the number of injured ACLs after a
second intervention season was not documented in
Myklebusts study [3]. The OR and 95% CI of the
remaining four studies [2, 2325] which focused only on
Table 4 Subgroup analyses of age, type of sports, training time, and biomechanical component
Factors
Subgroups
Studies
[ref no.]
Untrained
Trained
OR
[95% CI]a
B18
[2123, 25]
Adult
[24, 25]
5,313
88
2,858
12
0.31
0.22
236
250
89
2,975
16
0.09
0.07
Handball
[3, 24]
34
1,024
18
Pre-season
[21, 22]
In-season
[8, 23, 25]
Pre- and in-season [3, 24]
Biomechanical Plyometric (?)
component
Plyometric (-)
[3, 2125]
[8]
1,050
703
18
405
4,709
1,050
71
34
2,570
1,024
13
18
0.30
0.09
6,363
122
3,882
30
99
117
1.00
0.97
4,454
85
2,284
0.30
0.24
38
1,715
25
0.73
0.62
Balancing (?)
[3, 8, 24]
1,149
35
1,141
22
1.00
0.87
Balancing (-)
[2123, 25]
5,313
88
2,858
12
0.31
0.22
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Test for
Publication bias
heterogeneity
P value (df) Beggs Eggers
P value P value
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Conclusion
This meta-analysis shows that ACL injury preventive
exercise programs are effective in female athletes, especially in those under 18 years of age, and for soccer players
rather than handball players. Plyometric and strengthening
exercises were found to be essential components of such
training protocols, whereas balancing exercises were not.
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