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PEDro systematic review update
Prevention programmes including Nordic exercises to prevent hamstring injuries in football players (PEDro synthesis)
  1. Matheus Oliveira Almeida1,
  2. Chris G Maher2,
  3. Bruno T Saragiotto2
  1. 1 Masters and Doctoral Programs in Physical Therapy, Universidade Cidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
  2. 2 School of Public Health, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
  1. Correspondence to Dr Matheus Oliveira Almeida, School of Public Health, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2050, Australia; mathewsalmeida{at}hotmail.com

https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2017-098862

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    Al Attar WSA, Soomro N, Sinclair PJ, et al. Effect of injury prevention program that include the Nordic exercise on hamstring injury rates in football players: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Sports Med 2017; 47:907–916.

    Background

    Hamstring injuries are the most common non-contact injuries in sport1 and account for 40% of muscle injuries in football,2 where up to one-third recur the following season.3–5 The rehabilitation of players with hamstring injuries usually lasts more than a month, restricting the athlete’s performance and causing a financial impact on clubs.3 4 6 The Nordic hamstring (NH) exercise is a promising option to decrease the risk of hamstring injuries in athletes. However, results of randomised controlled trials have been conflicting.6–8

    Aim

    The aim of this review was to assess the effectiveness of injury prevention programmes that included NH exercise on reducing the incidence of hamstring injuries among football players.

    Searches and inclusion criteria

    Searches were conducted on Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, PubMed, Medline, Embase, CINAHL (the Cumulative Index to Nursing and …

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    Footnotes

    • Contributors MOA, BTS and CGM selected the systematic review, interpreted the data and wrote the manuscript.

    • Funding MOA is supported by São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) (grant #2017/06548-0). CGM is funded by Australia’s National Health and Medical Research Council (grants APP1113532 and APP1103022).

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Patient consent Detail has been removed from this case description/these case descriptions to ensure anonymity. The editors and reviewers have seen the detailed information available and are satisfied that the information backs up the case the authors are making.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.