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Musculoskeletal Injury Risk in a Military Cadet Population Participating in an Injury-Prevention Program
Background and Objectives: Musculoskeletal injuries are a major health hazard among military personnel. Previous research has proposed several exercise-based strategies for prevention. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of an exercise-based injury-prevention program on the incid...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9961050/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36837558 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicina59020356 |
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author | Vähi, Ivar Rips, Leho Varblane, Ahti Pääsuke, Mati |
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description | Background and Objectives: Musculoskeletal injuries are a major health hazard among military personnel. Previous research has proposed several exercise-based strategies for prevention. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of an exercise-based injury-prevention program on the incidence of musculoskeletal injury, motor performance and psychosocial status. Materials and Methods: Thirty-six Estonian Military Academy cadets were randomly assigned into either an intervention or control group. The intervention group followed a neuromuscular exercise-based injury-prevention warm-up program, three times per week for 6 months. The control group continued with the usual warm-up. The main outcome measure was injury incidence during the study period. Additionally, evaluation of isokinetic lower-extremity strength, postural sway, physical fitness and psychosocial status was included pre- and post-intervention. Results: During the 6-month study period, the musculoskeletal injury incidence was 43% in the intervention group and 54% in the control group (RR = 0.8; 95% CI = 0.41 to 1.99). The noted 20% risk reduction was not statistically significant (p = 0.59). Furthermore, there were no statistically significant differences between the intervention and control group in motor performance or psychosocial status measures. Conclusions: In conclusion, no effect of the exercise-based injury-prevention program on injury risk, motor performance or psychosocial status could be detected. |
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spelling | pubmed-99610502023-02-26 Musculoskeletal Injury Risk in a Military Cadet Population Participating in an Injury-Prevention Program Vähi, Ivar Rips, Leho Varblane, Ahti Pääsuke, Mati Medicina (Kaunas) Article Background and Objectives: Musculoskeletal injuries are a major health hazard among military personnel. Previous research has proposed several exercise-based strategies for prevention. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of an exercise-based injury-prevention program on the incidence of musculoskeletal injury, motor performance and psychosocial status. Materials and Methods: Thirty-six Estonian Military Academy cadets were randomly assigned into either an intervention or control group. The intervention group followed a neuromuscular exercise-based injury-prevention warm-up program, three times per week for 6 months. The control group continued with the usual warm-up. The main outcome measure was injury incidence during the study period. Additionally, evaluation of isokinetic lower-extremity strength, postural sway, physical fitness and psychosocial status was included pre- and post-intervention. Results: During the 6-month study period, the musculoskeletal injury incidence was 43% in the intervention group and 54% in the control group (RR = 0.8; 95% CI = 0.41 to 1.99). The noted 20% risk reduction was not statistically significant (p = 0.59). Furthermore, there were no statistically significant differences between the intervention and control group in motor performance or psychosocial status measures. Conclusions: In conclusion, no effect of the exercise-based injury-prevention program on injury risk, motor performance or psychosocial status could be detected. MDPI 2023-02-13 /pmc/articles/PMC9961050/ /pubmed/36837558 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicina59020356 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Vähi, Ivar Rips, Leho Varblane, Ahti Pääsuke, Mati Musculoskeletal Injury Risk in a Military Cadet Population Participating in an Injury-Prevention Program |
title | Musculoskeletal Injury Risk in a Military Cadet Population Participating in an Injury-Prevention Program |
title_full | Musculoskeletal Injury Risk in a Military Cadet Population Participating in an Injury-Prevention Program |
title_fullStr | Musculoskeletal Injury Risk in a Military Cadet Population Participating in an Injury-Prevention Program |
title_full_unstemmed | Musculoskeletal Injury Risk in a Military Cadet Population Participating in an Injury-Prevention Program |
title_short | Musculoskeletal Injury Risk in a Military Cadet Population Participating in an Injury-Prevention Program |
title_sort | musculoskeletal injury risk in a military cadet population participating in an injury-prevention program |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9961050/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36837558 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicina59020356 |
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