Table 1

Demographic data of included studies

StudyAthletes (n, sex, mean age)Athletes’ levelSport
Amenabar and O’Donnell (2013)3326, male, 21.8 yearsProfessionalAustralian football
Barastegui et al (2017)3421, male, 26.5 yearsProfessionalFootball
Boykin et al (2013)3521, male, 28 yearsProfessionalMultiple
Brunner et al (2009)3045; 33 male, 41 yearsRecreationalMultiple
Byrd and Jones (2011)21200; 148 male, 28.6 yearsProfessional
Collegiate
High school
Recreational
Multiple
Byrd et al (2016)22104; 47 male, 16 yearsHigh schoolMultiple
Cohen et al (2012)2344, not reported, not reportedAmateur to professionalMultiple
Cvetanovich et al (2016)3637; 11 male, 17 yearsCollegiate
High school
Not reported
Degen et al (2016)2450, male, 22.4 yearsProfessional
Collegiate
High school or club team
Baseball
Hammoud et al (2012)3738, male, 31 yearsProfessionalMultiple
Klingenstein et al (2012)3834; 29 male, 21.4 yearsProfessional
Collegiate
High school
Baseball
Lacrosse
Levy et al (2017)3951; 22 male, 26.3 yearsCollegiate
High school
Amateur
Running
Malagelada et al (2015)2515; 9 male, 40.8 yearsRecreationalMultiple
Malviya et al (2013)2680; 50 male, 35.7 yearsProfessional
Recreational
Multiple
McDonald et al (2014)3217, male, 31 yearsProfessionalHockey
Menge et al (2016)4060, male, 27 yearsProfessionalHockey
Naal et al (2011)4122, male, 19.7 yearsProfessionalMultiple
Naal et al (2014)42126; 91 male, 30 yearsNot reportedMultiple
Newman et al (2016)4320, male, 38 yearsProfessionalGolf
Nho et al (2011)4433, not reported, 22.8 yearsProfessional
Collegiate
High school
Multiple
Novais et al (2016)4524; 12 male, 15.5 yearsHigh schoolMultiple
Perets et al (2017)4641; 8 male, 19.3 yearsProfessional
Collegiate
High school
Multiple
Philippon et al (2007)4745; 42 male, 31 yearsProfessionalMultiple
Philippon et al (2008)2916; 2 male, 15 yearsHigh schoolMultiple
Philippon et al (2010)4828, male, 27 yearsProfessionalHockey
Polesello et al (2012)5042, not reported, 36 yearsNot reportedNot reported
Polesello et al (2014)4914, not reported, 34.6 yearsProfessional
Recreational
Not reported
Ribas et al (2007)5132; 23 male, 36.2 yearsNot reportedMultiple
Sansone et al (2015)2785; 68 male, 25 yearsProfessionalMultiple
Shibata et al (2017)1480; 42 male, 21 yearsProfessional
Olympic
Collegiate
Multiple
Singh and O’Donnell (2010)5224, male, 22 yearsProfessionalAustralian football
Tjong et al (2016)5323; 8 male, 43.9 yearsCollegiate
Recreational
Swimming
Tran et al (2013)5432; 29 male, 15.7 yearsHigh schoolAustralian football
Weber et al (2016)3166; 26 male, 26.8 yearsRecreational
Amateur
Not reported
Zingg et al (2013)2838; 29 male, 28.3 yearsNot reportedNot reported