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University of Cape Town, South Africa
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Brushoj C, Larsen K, Albrecht-Beste E, et al. Am J Sports Med 2008;36:663–70.
Lower extremity overuse injuries are common during rapid increases in training such as military training — it has been suggested that an exercise programme to reduce intrinsic risk factors may decrease this risk.
Does a preventive exercise training programme that is performed concurrently with an increase in physical activity reduce the incidence of overuse knee injuries and medial tibial stress syndrome?
Subjects: 1020 military recruits from 24 platoons (mean 20.9 years, 19–26 years).
Experimental procedure: All the subjects underwent 3 months basic military training and platoons were randomly assigned to one of two exercise programmes (15 min, 3/week) as follows: an injury prevention exercise programme (PRE = 487, five exercises for strength, flexibility, and coordination) or a control programme (CON = 490, five exercises for the upper body). Two hundred and twenty-three recruits
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