Epidemiology of musculoskeletal injury in military recruits: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Injuries are a common occurrence in military recruit training, however due to differences in the capture of training exposure, injury incidence rates are rarely reported. Our aim was to determine the musculoskeletal injury epidemiology of military recruits, including a standardised injury incidence rate.

Methods

Epidemiological systematic review following the PRISMA 2020 guidelines. Five online databases were searched from database inception to 5^th May 2021. Prospective and retrospective studies that reported data on musculoskeletal injuries sustained by military recruits after the year 2000 were included. We reported on the frequency, prevalence and injury incidence rate. Incidence rate per 1000 training days (Exact 95% CI) was calculated using meta-an

SUBMITTER: Murphy MC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10612319 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature