Exercise Programs to Reduce the Risk of Musculoskeletal Injuries in Military Personnel: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate the effect of exercise programs on reduction of musculoskeletal injury (MSI) risk in military populations.

Design

Systematic review and meta-analysis.

Literature survey

A database search was conducted in PubMed/MEDLINE, EMBASE, Cochrane Library, CINAHL, SPORTdiscus, WHO International Clinical Trials Registry Platform Search Portal, Open Gray, National Technical Reports Library, and reference lists of included articles up to July 2019. Randomized and cluster-randomized controlled trials evaluating exercise programs as preventive interventions for MSIs in armed forces compared to other exercise programs or to usual practice were eligible for inclusion.

Methodology

Two authors independently assessed risk of bias and extracted data. Data were

SUBMITTER: Dijksma I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7586796 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature