This study investigated the effectiveness of the Dynamic Integrated Movement Enhancement (DIME) warm-up program at reducing lower extremity injuries in US Military Academy cadets. Cadets were randomly assigned to perform either a standard Army warm-up or the DIME program with different levels of supervision. The DIME program reduced the risk of acute knee injuries during the academic year when supervised by medical professionals, but not with cadet-only supervision or compared to the standard warm-up. Professional supervision may improve injury prevention program outcomes.
Training injuries are common in long distance runners due to improper technique. Common injuries include shin splints, muscle strains and tears. These injuries can negatively impact a runner's performance and ability to train. Runners can lower their risk of injury by improving their form, taking rest days, and learning prevention techniques like ChiRunning. Researchers are also studying new ways to prevent running injuries through better training methods and shoe technology.
Hamstring injuries have increased by 4% annuallyFernando Farias
Muscle injuries are a substantial problem for pro-
fessional football players. They constitute more
than one-third of all time-loss injuries and cause
more than a quarter of the total injury absence in
high-level European professional football clubs.1
Hamstring injury is the most common injury
subtype, representing 12% of all injuries, and a
team with a 25 player-squad typically suffers about
5–6 hamstring injuries each season, equivalent to
more than 80 days involving football activities
(training or matches) lost due to injury.
This document discusses common volleyball injuries, including acute and overuse injuries. The most common acute injury is ankle sprains, usually from landing on another player's foot. Overuse injuries include patellar tendinopathy (jumper's knee) and shoulder issues. Treatment for acute injuries follows PRICE principles (protection, rest, ice, compression, elevation) while overuse injuries are managed with rest, strengthening, and modifying training. Preventing ankle sprains involves proprioceptive exercises, ankle braces, and potentially rule changes.
Hamstring injuries are among the most com-
mon non-contact injuries in sports. The Nordic hamstring
(NH) exercise has been shown to decrease risk by
increasing eccentric hamstring strength.
High chronic training loads and exposure to bouts of maximal velocity running...Fernando Farias
The ability to produce high speeds is considered an important
quality for performance, with athletes shown to achieve 85–94% of
maximal velocity during team sport match-play.3 Well-developed
high-speed running ability and maximal velocity are required of
players during competition in order to beat opposition players
to possession and gain an advantage in attacking and defensive
situations.
This document discusses ACL injury prevention in athletes. It lists many risk factors for ACL injury, including joint flexibility, muscle tightness, field conditions, previous injury history, and more. The document proposes implementing a screening program that includes assessments like the Y-Balance Test and corrective exercises to address risk factors and reduce injury rates. It advocates a comprehensive approach involving medical staff, coaches, trainers, and others to address modifiable risk factors through prevention programs. The goal is to reduce the estimated 250,000 ACL injuries that occur annually at a cost of $3 billion and rehabilitation time of 6-9 months.
Prehabilitation and Improved Performance for AthletesTina Nguyen
The P.I.P.A. program is a 7-week pre-season neuromuscular and proprioceptive training program designed to reduce ACL injuries in female athletes. It includes active warm-up, strength and eccentric exercises focusing on the hamstrings and glutes, plyometrics, and agility drills with an emphasis on technique and feedback to induce fatigue and improve lower extremity biomechanics. Research has shown these types of programs can decrease risk factors for ACL injury such as knee abduction moment and increase protective factors like knee flexion.
1st presented at Isokinetic Football Medicine Return to Play Conference 2016 by Dr Andy Franklyn-Miller. The Laboratory to Field based testing of subjects allows the creation of a database of injured and normative subjects with the aim of targeting return to performance of both elite and recreational athletes
Training injuries are common in long distance runners due to improper technique. Common injuries include shin splints, muscle strains and tears. These injuries can negatively impact a runner's performance and ability to train. Runners can lower their risk of injury by improving their form, taking rest days, and learning prevention techniques like ChiRunning. Researchers are also studying new ways to prevent running injuries through better training methods and shoe technology.
Hamstring injuries have increased by 4% annuallyFernando Farias
Muscle injuries are a substantial problem for pro-
fessional football players. They constitute more
than one-third of all time-loss injuries and cause
more than a quarter of the total injury absence in
high-level European professional football clubs.1
Hamstring injury is the most common injury
subtype, representing 12% of all injuries, and a
team with a 25 player-squad typically suffers about
5–6 hamstring injuries each season, equivalent to
more than 80 days involving football activities
(training or matches) lost due to injury.
This document discusses common volleyball injuries, including acute and overuse injuries. The most common acute injury is ankle sprains, usually from landing on another player's foot. Overuse injuries include patellar tendinopathy (jumper's knee) and shoulder issues. Treatment for acute injuries follows PRICE principles (protection, rest, ice, compression, elevation) while overuse injuries are managed with rest, strengthening, and modifying training. Preventing ankle sprains involves proprioceptive exercises, ankle braces, and potentially rule changes.
Hamstring injuries are among the most com-
mon non-contact injuries in sports. The Nordic hamstring
(NH) exercise has been shown to decrease risk by
increasing eccentric hamstring strength.
High chronic training loads and exposure to bouts of maximal velocity running...Fernando Farias
The ability to produce high speeds is considered an important
quality for performance, with athletes shown to achieve 85–94% of
maximal velocity during team sport match-play.3 Well-developed
high-speed running ability and maximal velocity are required of
players during competition in order to beat opposition players
to possession and gain an advantage in attacking and defensive
situations.
This document discusses ACL injury prevention in athletes. It lists many risk factors for ACL injury, including joint flexibility, muscle tightness, field conditions, previous injury history, and more. The document proposes implementing a screening program that includes assessments like the Y-Balance Test and corrective exercises to address risk factors and reduce injury rates. It advocates a comprehensive approach involving medical staff, coaches, trainers, and others to address modifiable risk factors through prevention programs. The goal is to reduce the estimated 250,000 ACL injuries that occur annually at a cost of $3 billion and rehabilitation time of 6-9 months.
Prehabilitation and Improved Performance for AthletesTina Nguyen
The P.I.P.A. program is a 7-week pre-season neuromuscular and proprioceptive training program designed to reduce ACL injuries in female athletes. It includes active warm-up, strength and eccentric exercises focusing on the hamstrings and glutes, plyometrics, and agility drills with an emphasis on technique and feedback to induce fatigue and improve lower extremity biomechanics. Research has shown these types of programs can decrease risk factors for ACL injury such as knee abduction moment and increase protective factors like knee flexion.
1st presented at Isokinetic Football Medicine Return to Play Conference 2016 by Dr Andy Franklyn-Miller. The Laboratory to Field based testing of subjects allows the creation of a database of injured and normative subjects with the aim of targeting return to performance of both elite and recreational athletes
Improving Performance and Preventing Sports Injuries - The Role of Athlete Mo...Francois Gazzano
The document discusses the growing problem of sports injuries among youth athletes and proposes that most overuse injuries and burnout can be prevented through individualized monitoring of training load, fatigue, stress, and recovery. It notes that while coaches want to prevent injuries, many do not have enough time for prevention. Tools like AthleteMonitoring.com aim to help by collecting subjective athlete data and providing real-time feedback to coaches so they can optimize training loads and reduce injuries while improving performance. Preventing even 15% of injuries could save billions annually.
Eccentric training can improve muscle strength, power, and stretch-shortening cycle function to a greater extent than concentric or traditional resistance training. While both eccentric and concentric training increase muscle strength, the increases tend to be mode-specific. Eccentric training with loads greater than concentric strength limits elicits greater overall strength gains. Faster contraction velocities during eccentric training may further enhance strength and power adaptations. Eccentric training appears especially effective for improving performance requiring stretch-shortening cycle function.
Abstract
The aim of this study was to examine and compare the acute effects of basketball-specific fatigue on muscular stiffness and reactive strength in male adolescent basketball players of two age categories. Reactive strength, expressed by means of the reactive strength index (RSI), and leg stiffness (LS) as mechanisms associated with the risk of ACL injury were measured in eleven players of the U16 category (age 16.1±0.4 years; body height 185±6.5cm; body mass 74.3±9.9kg) and ten players of the U18 category (age 17.7±0.4 years; body height 187±5.7cm; body mass 79.7±7.4kg) pre and post simulated basketball match play (SBFP28). RSI was determined by a drop jump test, LS by a 20 sub-maximal two-legged hopping test. No significant effects of SBFP28 on the monitored parameters were observed with the exception of RSI in U16 (p=0.013, r=0.53). Similarly, there were no significant differences in the fatigue-related responses to SBFP28 for RSI and LS between the age groups. These results indicated that irrespective of age, the stabilization function of the knee muscles was not impaired and consequently the risk of ACL injury was not increased.
The document discusses injury prediction in team sports. It notes that injuries can be devastating for athletes and teams. Several models have been developed to predict sports injuries by associating the risk of injury with factors like an athlete's stress levels and training intensity. New technologies like GPS tracking can collect player data to evaluate injury risks and optimize training plans. However, while researchers have made progress in developing injury prediction tools, many coaches and managers remain reluctant to invest in prevention measures due to costs or preferences for other technologies. Widespread adoption of predictive technologies depends on stakeholders understanding their benefits for mitigating preventable injuries.
This document contains a physiotherapy screening for a client that outlines their name, the screener, relevant trainer(s), branch, goals, medical history, and implications for various body parts including foot/ankle, knee, hip, lower back, upper back, and shoulder. The physiotherapist and trainer provide comments on the screening.
Female athletes are 4 times more likely than males to suffer ACL tears, with around 200,000 occurring annually in the US. This is due to various intrinsic and extrinsic risk factors in females, such as smaller ACL size, increased knee laxity, and quadriceps-dominant muscle activation patterns. Females also tend to land with more extended knees and increased valgus angles. Prospective studies show that neuromuscular training programs focusing on improving landing mechanics, increasing hamstring activation, and enhancing proprioception can significantly reduce the risk of ACL tears in female athletes.
The document summarizes injury surveillance data from the Women's Rugby Sevens World Series from 2011/12 to 2018/19. Some key findings include:
- Backs have a higher injury incidence than forwards, though there are no significant trends over time.
- The knee, head, and ankle are the most commonly injured body sites. Ligament sprains, muscle strains, and concussions are the most common injury types.
- Most injuries occur during matches rather than training. Over half of injuries happen in the second half of matches. Being tackled and tackling are high-risk events.
- On average, injuries result in players missing around 50 days of play, with no significant differences
Anthony Shield - does strength in the nhe predict hamstring injury MuscleTech Network
Anthony Shield
Senior lecturer, School of Exercise and Nutrition Science Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia.
-
Does strength in the Nordic hamstring exercise predict hamstring injury?
(&th MuscleTech Network workshop)
14th October, Barcelona
1. The document discusses research on the effects of eccentric hamstring exercises for soccer players. It reviews 6 studies that provide evidence that eccentric hamstring strengthening can improve muscle strength and balance, increase peak torque, and reduce the risk of hamstring injury compared to concentric strengthening alone.
2. One key study found that performing eccentric hamstring exercises during the cool-down of soccer training sessions more effectively maintained strength compared to the warm-up. This has implications for reducing muscle fatigue.
3. The studies demonstrated increases in hamstring strength, peak torque, and hamstring to quadriceps ratios following eccentric training programs, as well as reductions in reported hamstring injuries among soccer players.
This document discusses developing a comprehensive "Total Force Plus Life-Cycle Health Readiness System" to monitor and improve the health and readiness of all military members, recruits, families, and veterans. It addresses setting standards for human performance and health outcomes. Key areas discussed include developing an integrated medical approach, comprehensive health monitoring, improved nutrition programs to address deficiencies, functional fitness training tailored to military tasks, and building resilience. The goal is to identify health issues early, prevent injuries and illnesses, reduce costs from lost manpower, and ensure the total force is medically ready to accomplish missions.
Overuse injuries occur over time from repetitive micro-trauma rather than a single event. They are common in sports and activities. Training errors like increasing intensity, duration, or frequency too quickly are a major cause, as are technical flaws. Individual anatomical and biomechanical factors can also contribute to overuse injuries. Prevention focuses on gradual progression, cross-training when injured, and seeking advice from experts on safe training programs.
Post exercise cold water immersion attenuates acute anabolic signallingFernando Farias
these two studies offer new and
important insights into how cold water immersion during
recovery from strength exercise affects chronic training
adaptations and some of the molecular mechanisms that
underpin such adaptations. Cold water immersion delayed
or inhibited satellite cell activity and suppressed the
activation of p70S6K after acute strength exercise. These
effects may have been compounded over time to diminish
the expected increases in muscle mass and strength as a
result of training. The results of these studies challenge the
notion that cold water immersion improves recovery after
exercise. Individuals who use strength training to improve
athletic performance, recover from injury or maintain
their health should therefore reconsider whether to use
cold water immersion as an adjuvant to their training.
Anthony Shield - is nmi a risk factor for hamstring strain injury MuscleTech Network
Anthony Shield
Senior lecturer, School of Exercise and Nutrition Science Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia.
-
Is neuromuscular inhibition a risk factor for hamstring strain?
Postexercise Cold Water Immersion Benefits Are Not Greater than the Placebo E...Fernando Farias
A CWI placebo is also as effective as
CWI itself in the recovery of muscle strength over 48 h.
This can likely be attributed to improved subjective ratings
of pain and readiness for exercise, suggesting that the hy-
pothesized physiological benefits surrounding CWI may
be at least partly placebo related.
Clinical Practice Guide for muscular injuries. Epidemiology, diagnosis, treat...MuscleTech Network
(Medical Services. Futbol Club Barcelona)
Muscular injuries are very frequent in the world of sport,
especially in football. The most recent epidemiological studies show that muscular injuries represent more than 30% of all injuries (1.8-2.2/1,000 hours of exposure), which means that a professional football team suffers an average of 12 muscular injuries per season, equivalent to more than 300 lost sporting days.
In other professional sports like basketball and handball the incidence is also high, although not reaching the figures shown in football.
Progression criteria during a muscle injury rehabilitation in footballFootball Medicine
This document outlines progression criteria for rehabilitation from a muscle injury in football (soccer). It discusses the biological healing process, defines muscle injuries and their risk factors and epidemiology. It then presents a 4-step, 3-week rehabilitation approach with specific progression criteria for each step, including achieving pain-free movement, increases in strength and range of motion, and return to functional training activities and team training. Imaging and clinical findings are also described for monitoring injury healing.
Starting from a clinical case where a professional soccer player tear your acl with a concomitant ramp lesion and a detatchment of the lateral meniscus and popliteo fibular ligament we spek about the acl rehab and the not usual knee injury rehabilitation.
from the annual The Battle Sports Medicine Congress helded in Cesena (ITA) Technogym Village
High intensity warm ups elicit superior performance Fernando Farias
The benefits of an active warm-up (WU) have been
attributed to increases in muscle temperature, nerve
conductivity, and the speeding of metabolic reactions.1 Non-
temperature-related benefifis include an increased blood-flflw
to working muscles, elevated baseline oxygen consumption,
and the induction of a post-activation potentiation (PAP)
effect.
Cold water immersion versus whole body cryotherapyFernando Farias
Cold-water immersion was more effective in
accelerating recovery kinetics than whole-body cryotherapy for countermovement jump
performance at 72h post-exercise. Cold-water immersion also demonstrated lower soreness
and higher perceived recovery levels across 24-48h post-exercise.
The study examined the effects of two six-week ACL injury prevention training programs on female soccer players' physiological characteristics. The programs focused on either proprioception/balance or strength and conditioning. Testing before and after assessed agility, jumping, strength, and knee angles. Both programs significantly improved agility, jumping, quadriceps and hamstring strength. However, there was no significant difference between programs. While both helped, further research is needed to determine the most effective program.
The document discusses musculoskeletal lower limb injuries in army populations. It finds that injury rates in the military are still significant despite research efforts. Training, equipment like footwear, and load carriage are identified as major contributing factors to lower limb injuries. Specifically, the high intensity training programs, large loads carried by soldiers, and footwear design influence injury risk. Prevention strategies have had varying success, and new approaches may help by addressing these injury risk factors.
Improving Performance and Preventing Sports Injuries - The Role of Athlete Mo...Francois Gazzano
The document discusses the growing problem of sports injuries among youth athletes and proposes that most overuse injuries and burnout can be prevented through individualized monitoring of training load, fatigue, stress, and recovery. It notes that while coaches want to prevent injuries, many do not have enough time for prevention. Tools like AthleteMonitoring.com aim to help by collecting subjective athlete data and providing real-time feedback to coaches so they can optimize training loads and reduce injuries while improving performance. Preventing even 15% of injuries could save billions annually.
Eccentric training can improve muscle strength, power, and stretch-shortening cycle function to a greater extent than concentric or traditional resistance training. While both eccentric and concentric training increase muscle strength, the increases tend to be mode-specific. Eccentric training with loads greater than concentric strength limits elicits greater overall strength gains. Faster contraction velocities during eccentric training may further enhance strength and power adaptations. Eccentric training appears especially effective for improving performance requiring stretch-shortening cycle function.
Abstract
The aim of this study was to examine and compare the acute effects of basketball-specific fatigue on muscular stiffness and reactive strength in male adolescent basketball players of two age categories. Reactive strength, expressed by means of the reactive strength index (RSI), and leg stiffness (LS) as mechanisms associated with the risk of ACL injury were measured in eleven players of the U16 category (age 16.1±0.4 years; body height 185±6.5cm; body mass 74.3±9.9kg) and ten players of the U18 category (age 17.7±0.4 years; body height 187±5.7cm; body mass 79.7±7.4kg) pre and post simulated basketball match play (SBFP28). RSI was determined by a drop jump test, LS by a 20 sub-maximal two-legged hopping test. No significant effects of SBFP28 on the monitored parameters were observed with the exception of RSI in U16 (p=0.013, r=0.53). Similarly, there were no significant differences in the fatigue-related responses to SBFP28 for RSI and LS between the age groups. These results indicated that irrespective of age, the stabilization function of the knee muscles was not impaired and consequently the risk of ACL injury was not increased.
The document discusses injury prediction in team sports. It notes that injuries can be devastating for athletes and teams. Several models have been developed to predict sports injuries by associating the risk of injury with factors like an athlete's stress levels and training intensity. New technologies like GPS tracking can collect player data to evaluate injury risks and optimize training plans. However, while researchers have made progress in developing injury prediction tools, many coaches and managers remain reluctant to invest in prevention measures due to costs or preferences for other technologies. Widespread adoption of predictive technologies depends on stakeholders understanding their benefits for mitigating preventable injuries.
This document contains a physiotherapy screening for a client that outlines their name, the screener, relevant trainer(s), branch, goals, medical history, and implications for various body parts including foot/ankle, knee, hip, lower back, upper back, and shoulder. The physiotherapist and trainer provide comments on the screening.
Female athletes are 4 times more likely than males to suffer ACL tears, with around 200,000 occurring annually in the US. This is due to various intrinsic and extrinsic risk factors in females, such as smaller ACL size, increased knee laxity, and quadriceps-dominant muscle activation patterns. Females also tend to land with more extended knees and increased valgus angles. Prospective studies show that neuromuscular training programs focusing on improving landing mechanics, increasing hamstring activation, and enhancing proprioception can significantly reduce the risk of ACL tears in female athletes.
The document summarizes injury surveillance data from the Women's Rugby Sevens World Series from 2011/12 to 2018/19. Some key findings include:
- Backs have a higher injury incidence than forwards, though there are no significant trends over time.
- The knee, head, and ankle are the most commonly injured body sites. Ligament sprains, muscle strains, and concussions are the most common injury types.
- Most injuries occur during matches rather than training. Over half of injuries happen in the second half of matches. Being tackled and tackling are high-risk events.
- On average, injuries result in players missing around 50 days of play, with no significant differences
Anthony Shield - does strength in the nhe predict hamstring injury MuscleTech Network
Anthony Shield
Senior lecturer, School of Exercise and Nutrition Science Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia.
-
Does strength in the Nordic hamstring exercise predict hamstring injury?
(&th MuscleTech Network workshop)
14th October, Barcelona
1. The document discusses research on the effects of eccentric hamstring exercises for soccer players. It reviews 6 studies that provide evidence that eccentric hamstring strengthening can improve muscle strength and balance, increase peak torque, and reduce the risk of hamstring injury compared to concentric strengthening alone.
2. One key study found that performing eccentric hamstring exercises during the cool-down of soccer training sessions more effectively maintained strength compared to the warm-up. This has implications for reducing muscle fatigue.
3. The studies demonstrated increases in hamstring strength, peak torque, and hamstring to quadriceps ratios following eccentric training programs, as well as reductions in reported hamstring injuries among soccer players.
This document discusses developing a comprehensive "Total Force Plus Life-Cycle Health Readiness System" to monitor and improve the health and readiness of all military members, recruits, families, and veterans. It addresses setting standards for human performance and health outcomes. Key areas discussed include developing an integrated medical approach, comprehensive health monitoring, improved nutrition programs to address deficiencies, functional fitness training tailored to military tasks, and building resilience. The goal is to identify health issues early, prevent injuries and illnesses, reduce costs from lost manpower, and ensure the total force is medically ready to accomplish missions.
Overuse injuries occur over time from repetitive micro-trauma rather than a single event. They are common in sports and activities. Training errors like increasing intensity, duration, or frequency too quickly are a major cause, as are technical flaws. Individual anatomical and biomechanical factors can also contribute to overuse injuries. Prevention focuses on gradual progression, cross-training when injured, and seeking advice from experts on safe training programs.
Post exercise cold water immersion attenuates acute anabolic signallingFernando Farias
these two studies offer new and
important insights into how cold water immersion during
recovery from strength exercise affects chronic training
adaptations and some of the molecular mechanisms that
underpin such adaptations. Cold water immersion delayed
or inhibited satellite cell activity and suppressed the
activation of p70S6K after acute strength exercise. These
effects may have been compounded over time to diminish
the expected increases in muscle mass and strength as a
result of training. The results of these studies challenge the
notion that cold water immersion improves recovery after
exercise. Individuals who use strength training to improve
athletic performance, recover from injury or maintain
their health should therefore reconsider whether to use
cold water immersion as an adjuvant to their training.
Anthony Shield - is nmi a risk factor for hamstring strain injury MuscleTech Network
Anthony Shield
Senior lecturer, School of Exercise and Nutrition Science Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia.
-
Is neuromuscular inhibition a risk factor for hamstring strain?
Postexercise Cold Water Immersion Benefits Are Not Greater than the Placebo E...Fernando Farias
A CWI placebo is also as effective as
CWI itself in the recovery of muscle strength over 48 h.
This can likely be attributed to improved subjective ratings
of pain and readiness for exercise, suggesting that the hy-
pothesized physiological benefits surrounding CWI may
be at least partly placebo related.
Clinical Practice Guide for muscular injuries. Epidemiology, diagnosis, treat...MuscleTech Network
(Medical Services. Futbol Club Barcelona)
Muscular injuries are very frequent in the world of sport,
especially in football. The most recent epidemiological studies show that muscular injuries represent more than 30% of all injuries (1.8-2.2/1,000 hours of exposure), which means that a professional football team suffers an average of 12 muscular injuries per season, equivalent to more than 300 lost sporting days.
In other professional sports like basketball and handball the incidence is also high, although not reaching the figures shown in football.
Progression criteria during a muscle injury rehabilitation in footballFootball Medicine
This document outlines progression criteria for rehabilitation from a muscle injury in football (soccer). It discusses the biological healing process, defines muscle injuries and their risk factors and epidemiology. It then presents a 4-step, 3-week rehabilitation approach with specific progression criteria for each step, including achieving pain-free movement, increases in strength and range of motion, and return to functional training activities and team training. Imaging and clinical findings are also described for monitoring injury healing.
Starting from a clinical case where a professional soccer player tear your acl with a concomitant ramp lesion and a detatchment of the lateral meniscus and popliteo fibular ligament we spek about the acl rehab and the not usual knee injury rehabilitation.
from the annual The Battle Sports Medicine Congress helded in Cesena (ITA) Technogym Village
High intensity warm ups elicit superior performance Fernando Farias
The benefits of an active warm-up (WU) have been
attributed to increases in muscle temperature, nerve
conductivity, and the speeding of metabolic reactions.1 Non-
temperature-related benefifis include an increased blood-flflw
to working muscles, elevated baseline oxygen consumption,
and the induction of a post-activation potentiation (PAP)
effect.
Cold water immersion versus whole body cryotherapyFernando Farias
Cold-water immersion was more effective in
accelerating recovery kinetics than whole-body cryotherapy for countermovement jump
performance at 72h post-exercise. Cold-water immersion also demonstrated lower soreness
and higher perceived recovery levels across 24-48h post-exercise.
The study examined the effects of two six-week ACL injury prevention training programs on female soccer players' physiological characteristics. The programs focused on either proprioception/balance or strength and conditioning. Testing before and after assessed agility, jumping, strength, and knee angles. Both programs significantly improved agility, jumping, quadriceps and hamstring strength. However, there was no significant difference between programs. While both helped, further research is needed to determine the most effective program.
The document discusses musculoskeletal lower limb injuries in army populations. It finds that injury rates in the military are still significant despite research efforts. Training, equipment like footwear, and load carriage are identified as major contributing factors to lower limb injuries. Specifically, the high intensity training programs, large loads carried by soldiers, and footwear design influence injury risk. Prevention strategies have had varying success, and new approaches may help by addressing these injury risk factors.
This document summarizes a study examining risk factors for stress fractures in US Army recruits during basic combat training. The study analyzed data from over 583,000 recruits between 1997-2007. Key findings included:
- Women had a much higher stress fracture rate than men (79.9 vs 19.3 cases per 1,000 recruits).
- Risk factors that increased stress fracture risk for both men and women included older age, lower body weight, lower BMI, and race/ethnicity other than black.
- Taller men and men with higher body weight or BMI also had increased risk, while these factors did not significantly influence risk for women.
Training Load and Fatigue Marker Associations with Injury and IllnessFernando Farias
This paper provides a comprehensive review of the litera-
ture that has reported the monitoring of longitudinal
training load and fatigue and its relationship with injury
and illness. The current findings highlight disparity in the
terms used to define training load, fatigue, injury and ill-
ness, as well as a lack of investigation of fatigue and
training load interactions. Key stages of training and
competition where the athlete is at an increased risk of
injury/illness risk were identified. These included periods
of training load intensification, accumulation of training
load and acute change in load. Modifying training load
during these periods may help reduce the potential for
injury and illness.
This systematic review examined the effects of stretching before and after exercise on muscle soreness and injury risk. Five studies on stretching and muscle soreness were included, all using static stretching. A meta-analysis found that stretching had a negligible effect on soreness up to 72 hours later, reducing it by less than 2mm on a 100-mm scale. Two studies on injury risk in army recruits found that a specific stretching protocol reduced lower extremity injuries by 5%, which was not a meaningful risk reduction. The evidence does not support stretching for reducing muscle soreness or injury risk.
- Resistance training (RT) can provide health and fitness benefits for youth if properly designed and supervised. While previously thought to be ineffective and risky, research now shows RT can significantly increase strength in youth beyond normal growth levels with a low risk of injury.
- Potential risks of RT for youth include injury to growth plates, psychological harm, and overuse soft tissue injuries. However, no injuries have been reported in supervised youth RT programs, and studies show RT can improve psychological well-being in youth. Risks are low when age-appropriate guidelines are followed and supervision is provided.
- Common overuse injuries in youth from RT include muscle strains, especially in the lower back. Many injuries result from weaknesses, improper technique,
This study compared the effectiveness of two rehabilitation programs for acute hamstring strains. Twenty-four athletes with hamstring strains were randomly assigned to either a static stretching, isolated strengthening, and icing program (STST group) or a progressive agility, trunk stabilization, and icing program (PATS group). The PATS group had a significantly shorter average time to return to sports (22.2 days vs 37.4 days) and lower reinjury rates both within 2 weeks of returning (0% vs 54.5%) and within 1 year (7.7% vs 70%) compared to the STST group. A rehabilitation program including progressive agility and trunk stabilization exercises was found to be more effective for returning athletes to
This systematic review identified five prospective studies that examined risk factors for recurrent hamstring injuries. The studies reported recurrence rates ranging from 13.9% to 63.3% within two years of the initial injury. There was limited evidence that athletes with a larger volume of initial injury seen on MRI, a Grade 1 initial injury, or a previous ACL reconstruction were at increased risk of recurrent hamstring injury. There was also limited evidence that rehabilitation programs focusing on agility/stabilization exercises rather than stretching/strengthening reduced the risk of re-injury. No significant relationships were found for other factors like age, muscle involved, or functional tests at return to sport. Evidence on the relationship between cross-sectional area of initial injury and
This document reviews literature on the effectiveness of injury prevention techniques in elite youth soccer. It examines studies that have investigated injury prevention programs, including the FIFA 11 program. While some studies found the FIFA 11 reduced injuries, others found no difference, possibly due to poor compliance. Combining prevention programs with education for coaches and parents showed better results. Future research should develop more sport-specific prevention exercises focusing on the lower body.
This document provides an overview of articles published in the July-September 2014 issue of The Army Medical Department Journal. The issue includes articles on various topics related to force health protection, vector-borne disease surveillance, and military medical initiatives. MG Steve Jones' introduction emphasizes the importance of force health protection and reducing casualties through non-technological means such as understanding human factors. The issue then provides several articles that discuss vector-borne disease surveillance efforts in various regions and the development of polymerase chain reaction testing to efficiently analyze surveillance samples for multiple pathogens.
Tactical athletes: maximizing their ability to protect and serveJA Larson
The document discusses tactical athletes, including military personnel, firefighters, and law enforcement officers. It notes that these professions require high levels of physical ability and often involve risk of lower extremity injuries. Researchers are focusing on preventing such injuries in tactical athletes through measures like embedding sports medicine professionals during training, customized exercise programs, and attention to factors like footwear and load carriage. The goal is to optimize tactical athletes' performance and readiness through reducing musculoskeletal injuries.
The Shocking Truth About Cops And DefibrillationDavid Hiltz
This document summarizes the results of a survey of law enforcement agencies in Massachusetts regarding their use of automated external defibrillators (AEDs). The key findings were that over 90% of responding agencies had AEDs, with the most common reasons being to respond quickly to medical emergencies and save lives. While most agencies encountered no issues, financial costs and union negotiations were sometimes obstacles. The majority of officers had not used AEDs but about 20% reported saves when they did use them. Overall attitudes towards AED programs were very positive.
Risk of Anterior Cruciate Ligament Rupture With Generalized Joint Laxity Foll...Apollo Hospitals
THE function of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is to
provide stability to the knee and minimize stress across the knee joint. It restrains excessive forward movement of the tibia in relation to the femur. It also limits rotational
movements of the knee. A hard twist or excessive pressure on the ACL can tear or rupture the ligament, resulting in high levels of short-term disability and extensive rehabilitation. The cost of treatment & rehabilitation of an ACL injured person is also phenomenal.
Running head EXERCISE PROGRAMS TO PREVENT FALLS .docxcowinhelen
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Exercise Programs to Prevent
Fall Related Injuries in Older Adults
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Gwynedd Mercy University
Abstract
The implementation of exercise programs was evaluated to identify best-practice in fall-related injury prevention. This paper incorporates information from four different studies to identify the evidence that suggests best-practice protocol. Evidence of these studies suggests that implementing exercise programs helps to prevent fall-related injuries in long-term care facilities for older adults. Incorporating exercise programs increases patient safety, prevents further injury, and promotes communication between patients and staff. By implementing these programs, patients’ overall health improves and they’re more satisfied by their ability to perform activities of daily living on a more independent level.
Exercise Programs to Prevent Fall Related Injuries in Older Adults
As individuals age through life, the risk for falls increase immensely. This is due to the lack of strength as well as a lack of balance in the human body. It is important for nurses to take l precautions to help stop patient falls because in many instances, falls are preventable (Ambutas, Lamb, & Quigley, 2017). Fall prevention includes important interventions that stop subsequent injuries from happening to patients. Everyday, nurses take precautions to prevent falls but additional actions could be taken in order to make these interventions more effective. Every patient is at risk of falling, especially older adults because they lose muscle mass and balance as they age (Taylor, Lillis, & Lynn, 2015, p. 142). After performing fall-risk assessments on each patient, nurses implement suggested best practice protocols for low-risk, moderate-risk, and high-risk patients. Best practice includes educating patients and families on fall risk, using bed or chair alarms, lowering the beds, encouraging regular toileting and other precautions (Taylor, et al., p. 145). Exercise programs act as another important measure that nurses could implement, in order to help patients improve their balance, strength and mobility while performing activities of daily living, and reduce risk for falls (Ambutas, Lamb & Quigley).
The following clinical question will be used to identify best practice related to exercise programs in order to prevent falls in older adults:
P: Older adults living in long-term care facilities
I: Exercise programs
C: (none)
O: Prevent fall-related injuries
T: (None)
In long-term care facilities for older adults, how do exercise programs help prevent fall-related injuries?
Review of Literature
Dal Bello-Haas, Thorpe, Lix, Scudds, and Hadjistavropoulos (2012) completed a quantitative research study that focused on the implementation of a walking program in long-term care facilities, in order to prevent falls. Ris ...
This randomized controlled trial examined the effects of an exercise intervention program on the incidence of anterior knee pain (AKP) in 1502 British army recruits undergoing a 14-week physically demanding training program. The recruits were randomly assigned to either an intervention group that performed targeted lower limb strengthening and stretching exercises during physical training sessions or a control group that followed the standard warm-up exercises. The intervention led to a 75% reduction in the risk of AKP, with 10 cases (1.3%) in the intervention group compared to 36 cases (4.8%) in the control group. The intervention was found to be an effective and safe method for preventing AKP in this military population undergoing a strenuous training program.
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This study examined the effects of an 8-week neck strengthening protocol in adolescent males and females. 26 high school students (13 males, 13 females) performed neck exercises 2 times per week. Results showed significant strength improvements from pre to post-training for both males and females in neck extension, flexion, and lateral flexion. Effect sizes were very large, suggesting the protocol effectively increased neck strength despite being low-volume. The findings indicate that neck muscles can be strengthened through simple resistance training.
Training load monitoring can inform decisions at multiple levels of athlete management, from long-term season planning to in-session adjustments. At a long-term level, load monitoring can be used to understand an athlete's profile over multiple seasons, identify high stress periods, and plan for sport-specific demands. In the short-term, load data can help evaluate daily training plans, assess an athlete's response and progression, and determine if injury risks are elevated. While load data provides useful insights, it cannot predict injury on its own and should not be used in an overly risk-averse manner that restricts important training. Practitioners must consider numerous contextual factors for each athlete to properly interpret and apply load monitoring information.
The effectiveness of exercise interventions to prevent sports injuriesFernando Farias
Strength training reduced sports injuries to less
than one-third. We advocate that multiple exposure interven-
tions should be constructed on the basis of well-proven single
exposures and that further research into single exposures, par-
ticularly strength training, remains crucial. Both acute and
overuse injuries could be significantly reduced, overuse injuries
by almost a half.
Pitching biomechanics place high stresses on the shoulder and elbow joints that can lead to injury. During pitching, the lag between upper body and arm rotation forces the shoulder into excessive horizontal abduction and external rotation. This places tension on anterior shoulder structures and compresses posterior rotator cuff and labrum. Extreme external rotation also increases tension on the biceps-labrum complex, potentially causing SLAP lesions. Additionally, shoulder movement creates high valgus moments at the elbow, stressing medial elbow structures and increasing injury risk. Evidence links pitching mechanics to increased joint loading and certain pitching techniques to reports of pain and injury.
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Journal of Athletic Training 2014;49(3):000–000
doi: 10.4085/1062-6050-49.5.22
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original research
Risk of Lower Extremity Injury in a Military Cadet
Population After a Supervised Injury-Prevention
Program
Scott Carow, DSc, PT, OCS, SCS*; Eric Haniuk, BS†; Kenneth Cameron, PhD,
MPH, ATC†; Darin Padua, PhD, ATC‡; Steven Marshall, PhD‡; Lindsay
DiStefano, PhD, ATC§; Sarah de la Motte, PhD, MPH, ATC¶; Anthony Beutler,
MD¶; John Gerber, PhD, PT, ATC, SCS ||
*Martin Army Community Hospital, Fort Benning, GA; †John A. Feagin Sports Medicine Fellowship, Keller Army
Community Hospital, West Point, NY; ‡University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; §University of Connecticut, Storrs;
¶Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD; ||Womack Army Medical Center, Fort Bragg,
NC
Context:Specific movement patterns have been identified as
possible risk factors for noncontact lower extremity injuries. The
Dynamic Integrated Movement Enhancement (DIME) was
developed to modify these movement patterns to decrease
injury risk.
Objective:To determine if the DIME is effective for preventing
lower extremity injuries in US Military Academy (USMA) cadets.
Design:Cluster-randomized controlled trial.
Setting:Cadet Basic Training at USMA.
Patients or Other Participants:Participants were 1313
cadets (1070 men, 243 women).
Intervention(s):Participants were cluster randomized to 3
groups. The active warm-up (AWU) group performed standard
Army warm-up exercises. The DIME groups were assigned to a
DIME cadre-supervised (DCS) group or a DIME expert-
supervised (DES) group; the former consisted of cadet
supervision and the latter combined cadet and health profes-
sional supervision. Groups performed exercises 3 times weekly
for 6 weeks.
Main Outcome Measure(s):Cumulative risk of lower extrem-
ity injury was the primary outcome. We gathered data during
Cadet Basic Training and for 9 months during the subsequent
academic year. Risk ratios and 95% confidence intervals (CIs)
were calculated to compare groups.
Results:No differences were seen between the AWU and the
combined DIME (DCS and DES) groups during Cadet Basic
Training or the academic year. During the academic year, lower
extremity injury risk in the DES group decreased 41% (relative
risk [RR]¼0.59; 95% CI¼0.38, 0.93; P¼.02) compared with the
DCS group; a nonsignificant 25% (RR ¼ 0.75; 95% CI ¼ 0.49,
1.14; P ¼ .18) decrease occurred in the DES group compared
with the AWU group. Finally, there was a nonsignificant 27%
(RR ¼ 1.27; 95% CI ¼ 0.90, 1.78; P ¼ .17) increase in injury risk
during the academic year in the DCS group compared with the
AWU group.
Conclusions:We observed no differences in lower extremity
injury risk between the the AWU and combined DIME groups.
However, the magnitude and direction of the risk ratios in the
DES group compared with the AWU group, although not
statistically significant, indicate that professional supervision
may be a factor in the success of injury-prevention programs.
Key Words: warm-ups, exercises, Dynamic Integrated
Movement Enhancement
Key Points
Professional supervision may be a factor in the success of injury-prevention programs.
Cadets who performed the Dynamic Integrated Movement Enhancement program with professional supervision
from a certified athletic trainer or physical therapist had a reduction in the risk of acute knee-joint injury compared
with cadets who performed the same exercises without professional supervision.
Although exercises led by medically trained personnel may currently be the most effective, programs led by
nonmedical personnel will ultimately be required to maximize the benefits of injury-prevention exercises on public
health.
M
ore than 800 000 military service members are
injured each year, leading to an estimated
25 000 000 days of limited duty annually.1
These
injuries range from minor strains and contusions to major
ligamentous sprains and bony fractures. Most of these
injuries are musculoskeletal in nature and predominantly
affect the lower extremity. Although the more severe
injuries can lead to a significant loss of training time and
long-term sequelae, even mild injuries can result in
decreased participation in sport and exercise, which could
contribute to a lack of readiness, poorer overall fitness, and
obesity.2
At the military academies, cadets sustain injuries
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that are similar to those of their active-duty counterparts.
However, they also have injury risks that are more closely
related to those of collegiate athletes as all cadets are
required to participate in intercollegiate, club level, or
intramural athletics as well as mandatory physical educa-
tion classes.
Because of the number of potentially negative outcomes
associated with training and athletic injuries, effective
injury-prevention measures in military and athletic popu-
lations are urgently needed.3,4
Within the military,
researchers4
have demonstrated a 20% to 30% reduction
in injuries when implementing programs that are designed
to improve trunk control, agility, and multiaxial movement
skills. Among athletes, similar strategies have been used to
prevent anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury.5–11
Although several groups have demonstrated a decreased
risk of injury after an exercise intervention,8,9,12,13
others
using very similar programs have not found a decreased
risk.14–17
Currently, it is unclear precisely why some
programs have successfully mitigated risk whereas others
have not, but authors5
of a meta-analysis of injury-
prevention program factors noted that the level of
supervision was associated with program success. Howev-
er, no previous researchers have prospectively examined
the effect of different levels of injury-prevention–program
supervision on injury outcomes.
Another possible reason for the inconsistency of previous
injury-prevention efforts is a lack of understanding
regarding the modifiable, prospective risk factors for
subsequent injury. Previous investigators18
have identified
modifiable high-risk movement patterns, such as limited
sagittal-plane motion and medial knee displacement, which
may contribute to an increased risk of lower extremity
injury. The Dynamic Integrated Movement Enhancement
(DIME) warm-up was developed to train athletes to avoid
these high-risk movement patterns. The DIME consists of
10 exercises that are designed to be performed before
engaging in sports or other intense physical training.
Although the primary purpose of creating the DIME
program was to prevent ACL injuries, previous injury-
prevention research suggests that exercise programs that
focus on improving movement quality may also decrease
the risk for other lower extremity injuries, such as shin
splints, patellar tendinopathy, patellofemoral pain, iliotibial
band syndrome, and plantar fasciitis due to similar risk
factors as for ACL injuries.8,18,19
The objective of our initial study was to determine if
implementing the DIME program in a military training
environment would reduce the injury risk in this popula-
tion. Specifically, we examined whether implementing the
DIME program during 6 weeks of military training could
effectively reduce the overall risk of lower extremity injury
in incoming US Military Academy (USMA) cadets during
Cadet Basic Training (CBT) and the subsequent academic
year. A secondary objective of our study was to determine
if the level of supervision was an important factor
associated with injury reduction in the DIME group. We
also had a specific interest in examining how the DIME
program affected the cumulative incidence of acute
traumatic knee-joint injuries during the follow-up period.
Our hypothesis was that a group of cadets performing the
DIME warm-up with supervision from a certified athletic
trainer (AT) or physical therapist (PT) would have a
reduction in injury risk compared with cadets performing
the DIME warm-up without professional supervision from
an AT or a PT.
METHODS
Design and Setting
We conducted a cluster-randomized trial during CBT at
the US Military Academy to determine if the DIME
program was effective in reducing the injury risk in military
academy cadets. Each cadet is assigned by the military
academy to a company of about 160 cadets. Participants
were cluster randomized at the level of their CBT
companies into 1 of 2 warm-up groups: (1) 4 companies
were assigned to the active warm-up (AWU) group, which
served as an active-control condition; (2) the other 4
companies were assigned to the DIME warm-up group. The
companies in the DIME group were further randomized as
follows: (1) 2 companies were assigned to the DIME cadre-
supervised (DCS) group, which performed the DIME
warm-up under the supervision of upper-class cadet
instructors only and (2) 2 companies were assigned to the
DIME expert-supervised (DES) group and performed the
DIME warm-up under the direction of the upper-class cadet
instructors with the additional supervision of an AT or a
PT. Each group performed warm-up exercises 3 times per
week for a duration of approximately 10 minutes
immediately before physical training as part of the cadet
physical fitness program for 6 weeks. The primary outcome
of interest was injury risk by intervention group. The study
protocol was approved by the institutional review board at
our institution before implementation.
Participants
We recruited college freshmen from the incoming class
of new cadets at the USMA during the summer of 2010.
The 1374 new cadets were given an informed consent
briefing. After the briefing, 1313 new cadets (n ¼ 243
women, n ¼ 1070 men; age range ¼ 18–22 years)
volunteered to participate in this study. All cadets
performed the warm-up program assigned to their military
company; however, data were collected and analyzed only
for those who provided informed consent.
Intervention
We used a ‘‘train the trainer’’ approach to the DIME
program implementation. Several of the authors (D.P.,
S.M., L.D., S.d.M., A.B.) who developed the DIME
program trained other members of the study staff, which
consisted of ATs and PTs with 1 to 10 years of clinical
experience. The study staff then provided standardized
training to the faculty in the USMA Department of Physical
Education (DPE) regarding the implementation of the
DIME program. The study staff supervised and assisted the
DPE faculty in training the upper-class cadet instructors
(exercise instructors) to implement and deliver the DIME
program. All exercise instructors in the DIME groups
completed six 30-minute training sessions with the DPE
faculty and the study staff to learn, practice, and provide
feedback on the proper execution of their group’s assigned
warm-up exercises. Instructors in the AWU group were also
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trained in six 30-minute sessions. However, their training
was conducted by staff from the USMA DPE without input
from the study staff. The training for all groups was
standardized; the only difference was the exercises for the
programs being implemented. Within each company, the
participants (cadets) were divided into groups of approx-
imately 40, which were called platoons. Each platoon was
led by a primary exercise instructor who demonstrated
exercises while counting repetitions and issuing commands.
Additionally, 5 other exercise instructors in each platoon
provided feedback and made corrections as the participants
performed the warm-up exercises.
The AWU consisted of 10 standard exercises that are
commonly used throughout the US Army before unit
physical fitness training (Appendix 1).20
The exercises were
performed in a group setting using a slow to moderate
cadence. The other 2 groups performed the DIME warm-up
program before engaging in exercise (Appendix 2).
Although both groups performed the DIME warm-up under
the direction of the upper-class cadet instructors, for the
DES group, a member of the study staff (AT or PT) was
assigned to each platoon, was visibly present during all
exercise sessions, and provided instant verbal and written
feedback to the exercise leaders regarding proper execution
of the DIME exercises after each session. Because of
academy regulations, study staff were not allowed to
directly correct individual new cadets who were performing
exercises incorrectly. Instead, the study staff provided
instruction and correction to the upper-class cadet exercise
leaders and called out verbal cues such as ‘‘knees over toes’’
or ‘‘toes straight ahead,’’ which were clearly audible to all
of the new cadets and the upper-class cadre. For the DCS
group, exercise instructors were observed for compliance
during the implementation and execution of warm-up
exercises but did not receive further active instruction or
feedback in their execution of the DIME warm-up.
Immediately after the individual group warm-up pro-
grams, all groups conducted the same physical training
regimen. This regimen consisted of group runs for 2 to 4 mi
(3.2 to 6.4 km) at least 2 or 3 times per week. A weekly foot
march took place at a distance progressively increasing
from 3 to 12 mi (4.8 to 19.3 km) with a rucksack
(backpack) weighing 35 lb (15.9 kg). Cadets also
performed strength training at least once per week, which
consisted primarily of pull-ups, dips, push-ups, and sit-ups.
All exercises were performed in a group setting under the
direction of the upper-class cadet leadership. The cadets
performed this routine throughout their 6 weeks of CBT.
After 3 weeks of training, all of the upper-class
instructors for all groups were replaced by a second group
of upper-class cadet instructors. This change was done to
satisfy USMA summer training requirements for the upper-
class cadets. The second group of instructors was trained
according to the same standard as the first group with 6
training sessions lasting 30 minutes. When the second
group of instructors assumed responsibility for exercise
instruction, the exercises in the DIME groups were
progressed to a more advanced set. These exercises
included a progression from bilateral jumping to unilateral
hopping, progression from a forward-plank exercise to a
unilateral plank, and from a unilateral balance exercise to a
unilateral squat and reach. Although the level of difficulty
of the DIME exercises increased, the overall volume of
training exercises and the time spent performing warm-up
exercises was unchanged. The AWU group performed the
same exercises through the duration of CBT.
After the completion of CBT, study personnel did not
intervene further during the academic year. Cadets resumed
their typical physical activities, including daily intercolle-
giate, competitive club, or intramural sport participation;
physical education classes 2 or 3 days per week; and
individual physical fitness programs.
Injury Outcomes
The primary outcome of interest in our study was the
cumulative incidence, as measured by the epidemiologic
incidence proportion, of musculoskeletal injury to the lower
extremities during 3 time frames (CBT, academic year, and
CBT and academic year combined) .21
Lower extremity
musculoskeletal injury was defined as the first musculo-
skeletal injury to the lower extremity for each participant
during the follow-up period that was severe enough to
cause him or her to seek treatment from a medical provider.
Contusions, lacerations, and skin conditions were not
considered lower extremity injuries. In addition to lower
extremity injury, we were also interested in the specific risk
of acute traumatic knee-joint injury and ACL injury as
secondary outcomes of interest. Acute knee-joint injury was
defined as any traumatic injury to the ligamentous or
meniscal structures of the knee. Participants were dichot-
omized as being injured or not injured. Multiple injuries to
the same participant were not counted. This decision was
made because participants who sustained injuries could
have subsequent limitations on activities, use crutches for a
time, or have a surgical intervention, any of which could
confound any attempt to relate future injuries to the
previous intervention. Thus, data from participants who
were injured during CBT were not analyzed for the
academic year period. Injuries occurring from June 30,
2010, until August 15, 2010, were classified as CBT
injuries. The second time period that was analyzed was the
academic year from August 16, 2010, until May 24, 2011,
which corresponded to the duration of the first academic
year after CBT for the cadets.
Injury Surveillance
All cadets receive health care through the closed military
health care system at the USMA. All injuries to cadets are
evaluated through the USMA sports medicine, physical
therapy, and orthopedic clinics as described previously.22
The ATs in this study were not involved in diagnosing,
treating, or documenting any cadet injuries. The PTs in this
study did work in a sick-call clinic where they performed
evaluations for cadets with musculoskeletal injuries. The
PTs did not ask cadets which group they were assigned to
during their evaluations and were blinded to group
assignment. The orthopedic surgeons and primary care
physicians who evaluated the cadets were also blinded to
group assignment.
Injury tracking was performed using the Cadet Illness and
Injury Tracking System (CIITS), an injury-surveillance
database used at the USMA. Every cadet who is injured to
an extent that causes him or her to seek medical care, miss
training, or participate in training with imposed limitations
due to injury is entered into the CIITS database.
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Additionally, injury tracking was performed using the
Armed Forces Healthcare Longitudinal Technology Appli-
cation (AHLTA). The AHLTA serves as the Military
Health System’s electronic medical record. All medical
encounters for cadets are recorded in AHLTA with
diagnosis information. These databases have been used in
previous studies23,24
examining injury incidence in this
population. Because all of the participants in this study
were new to the military, information about previous
injuries was not available in either database. However, all
participants were medically screened and deemed healthy
according to the medical fitness standards for military
service before enrollment in the study. Consequently, all
injuries were treated as new injuries for this study.
Data Analysis
Initially, the epidemiologic incidence proportion, along
with the 95% confidence interval (CI), was calculated for
each intervention group (AWU versus DIME) during each
follow-up period of interest (CBT, academic year, CBT and
academic year combined). The incidence proportion is a
direct measure of the average risk of injury during a
specified period of time and represents the cumulative
incidence during the follow-up period of interest.21
We
calculated the incidence proportion based on the description
provided by Knowles et al.21
The first set of analyses
examined the association between the intervention group
(AWU versus DIME) and the cumulative incidence for the
3 injury outcomes of interest (lower extremity injury, acute
traumatic knee-joint injury, and ACL injury). The popula-
tion at risk for the CBT and the combined CBT and
academic year analyses included the entire population at
risk at the beginning of the study period; the data for these
periods were analyzed in an intention-to-treat fashion. Data
for the academic year analysis included only those
participants who completed the entire intervention program
(AWU and DIME) during CBT in the population at risk;
cadets who sustained an injury that prevented them from
fully participating in the intervention were excluded. To
compare the average risk of injury between groups (eg,
AWU versus DIME) we calculated relative risk (RR) ratios
and 95% CIs. The association between intervention group
and cumulative incidence of injury during the follow-up
period was assessed by constructing 232 (group by injury
status) contingency tables and conducting the v2
or Fisher
exact test as appropriate. A second set of analyses assessed
whether level of supervision was associated with the
cumulative incidence of injury by dividing the DIME
group by level of supervision (DCS or DES) and comparing
them to each other, as well as to the AWU group. These
secondary analyses used techniques similar to those
described earlier. The AWU group served as the reference
group for all between-groups comparisons, except when the
DES group was compared with the DCS group, in which
case the DCS group served as the referent category.
Statistical analyses were completed using STATA/SE
software (version 10.1; StataCorp, College Station, TX).
RESULTS
Lower Extremity Injuries
Of the 1313 participants during CBT, 659 were assigned
to the AWU group and 654 were assigned to the DIME
group (DCS ¼ 329 and DES ¼ 325). Of these participants,
196 were injured during CBT. The most common CBT
injury was overuse syndrome of the knee (49/196 injuries;
25%). Overall lower extremity injury data for CBT are
summarized by type of injury and body part in Table 1. The
cumulative incidence of lower extremity injuries during
CBT by intervention group is summarized in Table 2. The
cumulative incidences of lower extremity injury during
CBT between the AWU and both DIME groups combined
did not differ (RR ¼ 1.03; 95% CI ¼ 0.79, 1.33; P ¼ .832).
Similar results were observed when the cumulative
incidence of lower extremity injury during CBT for the
AWU group was compared with the DCS (RR ¼ 1.03; 95%
CI ¼0.75, 1.41; P ¼.842) and the DES (RR ¼1.02; 95% CI
¼ 0.75, 1.41; P ¼ .882) groups separately.
Excluding the 196 individuals who were injured during
CBT, which prevented them from fully participating in the
3 warm-up programs, left 1117 participants available for
analysis during the academic year period. A total of 562
cadets were in the AWU group, 279 were in the DCS group,
and 276 were in the DES group. During the academic year,
146 participants experienced a lower extremity injury. The
most common academic-year injury was an ankle sprain,
representing 52 of 146 reported injuries (36%). The
cumulative incidence of lower extremity injury by group
during the academic year is summarized in Table 2. Similar
to the period during CBT, there was no difference in the
cumulative incidences of lower extremity injury between
the AWU group and both DIME groups combined during
the academic year (RR ¼ 1.01; 95% CI ¼ 0.75, 1.37; P ¼
.935). However, the cumulative incidence of lower
extremity injury within the DIME group varied significant-
ly by level of supervision. We noted a 41% risk reduction in
the DES group compared with the DCS group (RR ¼ 0.59;
95% CI ¼ 0.38, 0.93; P ¼ .02). Although not statistically
significant, there was also a 25% risk reduction in the DES
group compared with the AWU group (RR ¼ 0.75; 95% CI
¼0.49, 1.14; P¼.18). Finally, we observed a nonsignificant
27% increase in the risk of injury in the DCS group
compared with the AWU group (RR¼1.27; 95% CI¼0.90,
1.78; P ¼ .171).
When we examined the incident injuries from both CBT
and the academic year combined, the patterns of incidence
estimates by group were similar to those observed during
the academic year but to a lesser degree (Table 2). The
cumulative incidences between the AWU group and the
DIME groups combined did not differ (RR ¼ 1.02; 95% CI
Table 1. Summary of Types of Injuries, No.
Time Period Ankle Sprain Knee Sprain Foot Overuse Ankle Overuse Lower Leg Overuse Knee Overuse Hip Overuse Other
Cadet Basic Training 48 12 15 17 37 49 7 11
Academic year 52 17 7 8 11 18 6 27
Total 100 29 22 25 48 67 13 38
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¼ 0.85, 1.22; P ¼ .836). The cumulative incidence in the
DES group was 9% lower than the AWU group (RR ¼
0.91; 95% CI ¼ 0.72, 1.15; P ¼ .411) and 20% lower than
the DCS group (RR ¼ 0.80; 95% CI ¼ 0.62, 1.03; P ¼
.092), but these differences were not statistically signif-
icant. Finally, the cumulative incidence in the DCS was
13% higher than the AWU group (RR ¼ 1.13; 95% CI ¼
0.91, 1.40; P ¼ .259), but again the difference was not
statistically significant.
Acute Traumatic Knee-Joint Injuries
The pattern for knee injuries by group was similar to
that observed for all lower extremity injuries during CBT,
the academic year, and both periods combined. A total of
29 acute traumatic knee-joint injuries (7 ACL injuries)
were reported during the follow-up period including CBT
and the academic year. The incidence proportion of acute
traumatic knee-joint injuries by group during the follow-
up period is presented in Table 2. Overall, we noted no
differences in the cumulative incidence of acute knee-
joint injuries when the AWU group was compared with
both DIME groups during the entire follow-up period (RR
¼ 1.08; 95% CI ¼ 0.52, 2.22; P ¼ .838). Similar results
were observed when the AWU group and DIME groups
were compared during CBT and the academic year
separately; however, as observed for lower extremity
injuries in general, the cumulative incidence of acute
knee-joint injury varied by level of supervision within the
DIME group. During CBT and the academic year, there
was a 75% risk reduction for acute traumatic knee injuries
in the DES group compared with the DCS group (RR ¼
0.24; 95% CI ¼ 0.07, 0.89; P ¼ .020). A nonsignificant
57% risk reduction was evident when we compared the
DES group with the AWU group during this same time
period (RR ¼ 0.43; 95% CI ¼ 0.13, 1.50; P ¼ .173).
Finally, the risk of acute knee joint injury increased by a
nonsignificant 72% in the DCS group compared with the
AWU group during CBT and the academic year (RR ¼
1.72; 95% CI ¼ 0.27, 1.24; P ¼ .159).
The cumulative incidence of ACL injuries by interven-
tion group during the study period is presented in Table 2.
No ACL injuries were seen in the DES group during the
entire follow-up period. The DCS group experienced 2
ACL injuries during the follow-up period; both occurred
during the academic year. The AWU group experienced 5
ACL injuries during the follow-up period; 1 occurred
during CBT and the other 4 during the academic year. The
risk of ACL injury in the combined DIME group (DCS
and DES) was 60% lower compared with the AWU group
during the entire follow-up period (RR ¼ 0.40; 95% CI ¼
0.07, 2.07; P ¼ .260); however, this finding was not
statistically significant.
DISCUSSION
We observed no statistically significant differences in
injury risk when comparing the combined DIME group
(DES and DCS) with the AWU group during any of the
follow-up periods (CBT, academic year, or CBT and
academic year combined). In further subgroup analyses to
examine the association between the cumulative incidence
of lower extremity injury and level of supervision in the
DIME group, we did note a lower incidence of injury for
Table2.IncidentInjuriesbyInjuryOutcomeandGroupDuringtheFollow-upPeriod
InjuryOutcome
ControlGroupInterventionGroup
ActiveWarm-UpDIME,CadetSupervisedDIME,ExpertSupervisedTotalDIMEa
Injured,AtRiskIP,95%CI,%Injured,AtRisk,IP,95%CI,%Injured,AtRisk,IP,95%CI,%Injured,AtRisk,IP,95%CI,%
No.No.%No.No.%No.No.%No.No.%
Lowerextremityinjury
CadetBasicTraining9765914.712.1,18.15032915.211.5,19.54932515.111.4,19.49965415.112.5,18.1
Academicyear7356213.010.3,16.14627916.512.3,21.4272769.86.5,13.97355513.210.5,16.3
CBTandacademicyear17065925.822.5,29.39632929.224.3,34.47632523.418.9,28.417265426.323.0,29.9
Acutekneeinjuryb
CadetBasicTraining56590.80.2,1.863291.80.7,3.913250.30.0,1.776541.10.4,2.2
Academicyear95621.60.7,3.062792.20.8,4.622760.70.0,2.685551.40.6,2.8
CadetBasicTrainingandacademicyear146592.11.2,3.5123293.61.9,6.233250.90.2,2.7156542.31.3,3.8
Anteriorcruciateligamentinjuryb
CadetBasicTraining16590.20.0,0.803290.0NA03250.0NA06540.0NA
Academicyear45620.70.2,1.822790.70.0,2.602760.0NA25550.40.0,1.3
CadetBasicTrainingandacademicyear56590.80.2,1.823290.60.1,2.203250.0NA26540.30.0,1.1
Abbreviations:CI,confidenceinterval;DIME,DynamicIntegratedMovementEnhancement;IP,incidenceproportion;NA,notapplicable,
a
Combinesthecadet-supervisedandexpert-supervisedDIMEgroups.
b
Lowerboundsof95%CIsfor0.0%are,0.1%.
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all injury outcomes in the DES group compared with the
other 2 groups; however, only the 41% reduction in the
cumulative incidence of lower extremity injury in the DES
group compared with the DCS group was statistically
significant during the academic year (RR ¼ 0.59; 95% CI ¼
0.38, 0.93; P ¼ .02). The observed 25% reduction in the
cumulative incidence of lower extremity injury in the DES
group compared with the AWU group was not statistically
significant (RR ¼ 0.75; 95% CI ¼ 0.49, 1.14; P ¼.18).
Furthermore, the width of the CI around the point estimate
and the fact that it crosses zero suggest a degree of
uncertainty associated with this estimate, which fails to
exclude the possibility of increased risk in the DES group.
However, the magnitude and direction of the observed
point estimate and associated CI in this study favors risk
reduction in the DES group and was comparable with the
findings of previous authors in similar military populations.
In a recent systematic review, Bullock et al4
reported a 20%
to 30% injury reduction injury in military populations using
similar programs. Although this result was not statistically
significant, if confirmed, it could have clinical importance.
Our secondary hypothesis was supported, as the cumulative
incidences of lower extremity injury and acute traumatic
knee-joint injury during the academic year were lower in
participants who performed the DIME program under the
supervision of an AT or PT compared with cadets who
performed the DIME without professional supervision.
The cumulative incidence of lower extremity injury was
nearly identical across all 3 groups during CBT. This may
indicate that any movement-pattern correction training
likely has a negligible effect on lower extremity injury
reduction during the early weeks of implementation. Our
finding of no differences among groups during CBT may
indicate that an exercise program for reducing injury risk
has no immediate effects. This result is consistent with
previous research, which suggests that the effects of injury-
prevention programs are not observed until later in an
athletic season.9,25,26
Therefore, it may be appropriate to
begin a program such as the DIME several weeks before a
sport season or military basic training. It also seems likely
that injuries sustained during CBT are more closely related
to a rapid increase in training volume rather than to
biomechanical risk factors. If so, this would limit the
potential effects of a program such as the DIME over this
time period.
We demonstrated no statistically significant difference in
injury risk between the DCS group and the AWU group
(RR ¼ 1.27; 95% CI ¼ 0.90, 1.78; P ¼ .171), and the width
of the CI suggests great uncertainty in this comparison.
Although the difference was not significant, the direction
and magnitude of the point estimate and CI suggest the
possibility of increased risk. Several factors could have
contributed to this possible increased risk in the current
study. First, although the research staff observed the cadet
instructors in the DCS group (just as they did in the DES
group) for compliance, they did not provide any further
instruction or feedback on program implementation. As a
result, participants may have had difficulty learning the
DIME exercises and performing them correctly during the
6-week intervention. This may have had a more significant
effect when the difficulty of the DIME program was
increased at the midpoint of basic training. Progressing this
group to more challenging exercises without expert
supervision and appropriate feedback might have rein-
forced faulty movement patterns, which in turn may have
contributed to an increased risk of injury. As a result, a
combination of lack of professional supervision and
increase in injury-prevention–program difficulty in this
initial study may have resulted in deleterious effects for
those in the DCS group. Furthermore, even though cadet
instructors in all 3 programs received similar training (eg,
time and number of sessions), many of the instructors in the
AWU group had performed these standard military warm-
up exercises previously. Thus, they were probably more
familiar with the proper execution of these exercises. These
factors may explain in part why the observed cumulative
injury incidence in the AWU group was lower than that
observed in the DCS group.
The importance of professional supervision as it relates to
the success of such programs as the DIME is not clearly
understood. However, our hypothesis that professional
supervision is important to the outcomes of injury-
prevention programs was supported, as the DES group
had a statistically significant reduction in the risk of lower
extremity injury and acute knee joint injury compared with
the DCS group. Although we are the first to directly analyze
the different methods of exercise instruction, our findings
are consistent with the body of previous research involving
injury-prevention programs. The injury-prevention pro-
grams that have successfully reduced ACL injury risk have
typically been implemented under the supervision of an AT
or PT.6,8,9
With the exception of Mandelbaum et al,13
who
reported a reduction in ACL injury risk using an exercise
program led by coaches, programs led by coaches or other
nonmedical personnel have not resulted in an injury
reduction.15,16
It is possible that ATs and PTs , being
trained to recognize lower extremity impairments and
faulty movement patterns, may be better equipped to assess
movement patterns and provide the precise corrective
feedback required to implement these programs effectively.
Although exercises led by medically trained personnel may
currently be the most effective, programs led by coaches
and other nonmedical personnel will ultimately be required
to maximize the effect of injury-prevention exercises on
public health. Future studies that prospectively and directly
analyze the effect of different models of exercise
instruction and supervision are urgently needed.
The mechanism that caused higher levels of supervision
to translate into decreased injury risk in this study is not
fully understood. Analyzing human movement typically
occurs in a one-on-one setting in a clinic or a laboratory,
potentially with instrumentation. In this study, only 1 AT or
PT was assigned to a group of 35 to 40 cadets. An
additional 5 or 6 upper-class cadet instructors were
assigned to each platoon of cadets, but this ratio is still
insufficient to truly analyze human movement, especially in
such a time-constrained environment. We believe the real
benefit of professional supervision may have been that the
cadre and the participants were aware that they were being
scrutinized and attempted to perform the exercises
correctly, whereas the DCS group may have just gone
through the motions with little concern for proper
technique. Furthermore, the ATs and PTs called out oral
cues that were clearly audible to the entire group
throughout each exercise session. These cues included
‘‘knees over toes,’’ ‘‘toes straight forward,’’ ‘‘land softly by
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bending the ankles, knees, and hips,’’ and other cues that
were used to remind participants to concentrate on good
form. In the absence of this oral reinforcement, the
participants in the DCS group might have allowed their
exercise technique to deteriorate. This possibility under-
scores the need to train potential leaders of injury-
prevention programs in the importance of proper error
detection and feedback delivery. A priority for future
researchers should be determining the factors that are
critical in training coaches and other exercise leaders to
effectively implement lower extremity injury-prevention
programs.
The magnitude of the differences we observed in injury
risk between groups might have been greater if the
intervention program had specifically targeted those
persons with high-risk biomechanical movement patterns
at baseline. All participants randomized to the DIME
groups performed the DIME, whether they had faulty
movement patterns or not. Because the DIME is a program
designed to improve movement, we would anticipate very
little effect on the overall injury risk of persons who did not
have faulty movement patterns before the intervention. The
theory of rapidly screening to identify those with high-risk
movement patterns and then focusing appropriate move-
ment retraining exercises on this subpopulation is compel-
ling.27,28
Future investigators should focus on developing
more sensitive screening techniques and targeting athletes
with faulty movement patterns for intervention.29
The DIME program was initially designed to identify and
improve the high-risk biomechanical movement patterns
associated with ACL injury. Notable in our study was the
reduction in the cumulative incidence of acute traumatic
knee-joint injuries in the DES group when injuries from the
entire follow-up period (CBT and the academic year
combined) were examined. We observed a 75% reduction
in risk of acute traumatic knee-joint injury when comparing
the DES group with the DCS group (RR ¼ 0.24; 95% CI ¼
0.07, 0.89; P ¼ .020). When examining the point estimate,
we also observed a 57% reduction in the risk of acute
traumatic knee joint injuries comparing the DES group to
the AWU group (RR ¼ 0.43; 95% CI ¼ 0.13, 1.50; P ¼
.173); however, this difference was not statistically
significant. The CI of this comparison crosses zero, which
leaves the statistical possibility that there was actually an
increase in risk in the DES group; however, the width of the
CI is due in part to the relatively small number of acute
traumatic knee-joint injuries observed across all groups
(AWU ¼ 14, DCS ¼ 12, DES ¼ 3) during the follow-up
period. The small number of injuries limits our ability to
draw statistically meaningful conclusions. When we
examined injury data for CBT and the academic year
independently, we found similar nonsignificant reductions
in acute traumatic knee-joint injuries between the DES
group and the AWU group (Table 2). Although the
reduction of risk within the DES group compared with
the AWU group was not statistically significant and
considerable uncertainty remains, the magnitude and
direction of the observed difference appear to be clinically
important.29
These results should be considered preliminary
and interpreted with caution; however, they may be
clinically important given the small number of observed
knee-joint injuries during the follow-up period and the
associated lack of adequate statistical power. Further
definitive study is needed to confirm these findings.
Because of the severity and potential long-term complica-
tions of acute traumatic knee-joint injury, it is important to
further investigate this reduction in risk in future studies
that are adequately powered for ACL or acute traumatic
knee-joint injury as an injury outcome.
As with any study, our study had potential limitations that
should be considered. Foremost, the results presented here
are from a yearlong investigation to determine if the DIME
program could be implemented during military basic
training and whether there was any evidence of reduced
injury risk in this sample. We enrolled nearly an entire
freshman class entering the USMA to participate in this
study (1313/1374 ¼ 95.5%), implemented a 6-week
intervention and followed all participants for injury during
their first year at the academy. Despite this considerable
effort, the study was underpowered for the lower extremity
and knee injury outcomes of interest (Table 3). Because we
planned to enroll nearly all eligible participants from the
entire class, we did not perform an a priori sample-size
estimate. Further study comparing the AWU and DES
groups with adequate power for these injury outcomes
appears to be warranted based on these initial findings. To
address this will likely require a longitudinal cohort study
over multiple years at a single institution or large
multicenter studies. Another potential limitation is that
the lower extremity injury outcomes in the current study
represent a mix of traumatic and overuse injuries, which
occurred in a variety of activities. The broad spectrum of
injuries and mechanisms might have diminished our ability
to find meaningful results. Another limitation is that we
relied on active surveillance information from CIITS and
AHLTA to identify incident injuries during the current
study. The quality of the administrative data contained in
these systems depends on the completeness, validity,
consistency, timeliness, and accuracy of the data main-
tained in these databases. As a result, coding errors
associated with incident case diagnoses cannot be ruled
out when using large-scale administrative databases for
epidemiologic studies. Although we attempted to cross-
reference injury data in CIITS and AHLTA to ensure
complete injury-data capture during the follow-up period, it
is possible that some injuries were missed. In calculating
the epidemiologic incidence proportion, we included only
the first injury sustained by each person at risk during the
follow-up period; as a result, multiple injuries to the same
person may have been missed. Because there were no
differences in the cumulative incidence of injury between
the intervention groups during CBT, we elected to limit our
Table 3. Observed Power and Sample Size Estimates for
Comparisons Between the Active Warm-up Group and the Expert-
Supervised Dynamic Integrated Movement Enhancement Group
During the Academic Year
Injury Outcome
Observed
Powera
Sample Size
Estimateb
Lower extremity injury 0.223 1610
Acute traumatic knee injury 0.084 2420
Anterior cruciate ligament injury 0.057 1388
a
Observed power for the current study.
b
Sample size estimate per group, based on the incidence
proportion data presented in Table 1; assumes a 2-tailed alpha
level of .05 and power of .80.
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analysis during the academic year to only those who
completed the intervention without injury. Although this
decision allows us to compare outcomes between those who
completed the AWU and DIME programs in each group
during the academic year, it might have introduced some
bias into this portion of the analysis.
Another potential limitation is that our analysis did not
account for the potential correlation that can result from
participants being cluster randomized or nested within
companies. It is unlikely that this correlation had any
notable effect but the small number of clusters or
companies studied might have increased the standard errors
and widened the CIs around our point estimates. Further-
more, we performed univariate analyses with the incidence
proportion as our primary outcome of interest, which did
not account for person-time at risk to injury (exposure). We
elected not to use incidence rates as our outcome of interest
because it was not administratively feasible to document
individual person-time at risk in each of the various training
events and physical activities that participants were
required to complete during the follow-up period. Further-
more, because all participants were cadets at a military
academy, nearly all had the same cumulative exposure to
training events during the course of CBT and the academic
Figure. CONSORT diagram. Abbreviations: AWU, active warm-up; CBT, cadet basic training; DCS, cadet supervision; DES, combined cadet and
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year; however, these exposures occurred at different times
throughout the year because of scheduling. As a result, we
believe the incidence proportion, which is a recognized
measure of disease occurrence in the epidemiologic
literature, was the most appropriate outcome for this study.
It is possible that other injury outcomes and analytical
techniques (eg, Poisson, negative binomial, and Cox
proportional hazards regression) could have been used
and yielded different results.
CONCLUSIONS
We observed no differences in lower extremity injury risk
between the AWU group and the combined DIME (DES
and DCS) group. The CIs for all comparisons were fairly
wide and many crossed zero, indicating potential uncer-
tainty in the observed results. This uncertainty underscores
the importance of interpreting these results with caution.
Although this study was underpowered for the injury
outcomes of interest, the magnitude and direction of the
risk ratios in the DES group compared with the AWU group
appear to be clinically important and indicate that the
injury-prevention program, under expert supervision, may
be able to reduce injury risk. This is particularly important
within the military population, in whom lower extremity
musculoskeletal injuries are endemic and costly. Despite
the apparent benefit to performing the DIME with expert
supervision, our results indicate that the DIME could
contribute to increased injury risk if not properly executed.
Definitive, adequately powered studies are needed to
confirm these initial findings. The significant systematic
differences in the incidence of injury between the DES
group and the DCS group suggest that level of supervision
is an important factor in the successful implementation of
lower extremity injury-prevention programs and that
inadequate training or supervision may have deleterious
effects. A priority for future researchers should be
determining the factors that are critical in training coaches
and other exercise leaders to effectively implement lower
extremity injury-prevention programs.
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Appendix 1. The active warm-up program. The 10th exercise was jogging in place, which was performed
between other exercises.
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Appendix 2. The Dynamic Integrated Movement Enhancement warm-up program. The 10th exercise was
jogging in place, which was performed between other exercises.
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