Table 1

Soccer electronic search strategy

Sport termsInjury prevention terms
football/1 Accident prevention
rugby/2 exp injury/pc
(soccer or football$ or foot ball$ or rugby).tw.3 exp safety
4 safety.tw.
5 or/1–4
6 (prevent$ or risks$).tw. or pc.fs.
7 (injur$ or accident$) or trauma$.tw.
8 exp accidents and accident related phenomena
9 sport injury
10 (sprain$ or strain$).tw.
11 exp sprain
12 or/7–11
13 6 and 12
14 5 or 13