| Verhagen et al, 200022 | No restriction | Preventative interventions | Ankle sprain | No trials examining running shoes | “High quality” interventional studies published between 1980 and 1998. Language restriction undefined |
| Thacker et al, 200223 | No restriction | Preventative interventions | Exertional shin pain | No trials examining running shoes | Searches performed in 2000. Non-English language articles may have been excluded |
| Rome et al, 200724 | Adults with normal bone density | Preventative interventions | Stress fractures of bone, stress reactions of bone (not medial tibial stress syndrome) | No trials examining running shoes | Searches performed in 2004. Randomised and quasirandomised studies only |
| Yeung & Yeung, 200725 | Adolescent & adult runners | Preventative interventions | Soft-tissue injury | No trials examining running shoes | Searches performed in 2000. Randomised and quasirandomised studies only |