Injury prevention programs fail to change most lower limb kinematics and kinetics in female team court-and-field sports: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised trials

The aim of this systematic review was to assess the effect of injury prevention programs on lower limb kinematics and kinetics during high-risk dynamic tasks related to ACL injury in female team court and field sports. Methods: Eligibility criteria included: female athletes participating in team court and field sports; injury prevention program with a control group exposed to no intervention (usual training or wait-and-see approach); a measure of kinematics or kinetics assessed during a dynamic task related to ACL injury (jumping, landing, cutting, hopping); randomised controlled trial design. Clinicians might aim to increase knee flexion angles when delivering injury prevention programs to mediate reduction in ACL injury risk in females playing team court and field sports.