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Infographic. Effectiveness of multicomponent lower extremity injury prevention programmes in team-sport athletes: an umbrella review
  1. Pedro L Valenzuela1,2,
  2. Romana Brunner3,
  3. Adrián Castillo-García4,
  4. Bernd Friesenbichler3,
  5. Nicola C Casartelli3,5,
  6. Javier S Morales6,
  7. Nicola A Maffiuletti3,
  8. Mario Bizzini3,
  9. Karin Niedermann7
  1. 1 Department of Systems Biology, University of Alcalá, Madrid, Spain
  2. 2 Department of Sport and Health, Agencia Española para la Protección de la Salud en el Deporte, Madrid, Spain
  3. 3 Human Performance Lab, Schulthess Clinic, Zurich, Switzerland
  4. 4 Fissac - Physiology, Health and Physical Activity, Madrid, Spain
  5. 5 Laboratory of Exercise and Health, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
  6. 6 Faculty of Sport Sciences, Universidad Europea de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
  7. 7 Institute of Physiotherapy, Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Winterthur, Switzerland
  1. Correspondence to Pedro L Valenzuela, Department of Systems Biology, University of Alcalá, Madrid, Spain; pedrol.valenzuela{at}edu.uah.es

https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2019-101354

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    The incidence of sports injuries has been reported to reach ~26 and 34 injuries per 1000 persons in the USA1 and the European Union,2 respectively, with the majority of these injuries occurring in the lower extremity (eg, ankle and knee sprains, hamstring strains, ACL tears).1 Sports injuries have important negative physical, psychological and medical consequences for the athlete, as well as technical, tactical and economical consequences for the team. Moreover, sports injuries have relevant implications for healthcare systems associated with the treatment costs.3 4 …

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    • Correction notice This article has been corrected since it published Online First. The last author's name has been corrected and the last reference citation updated.

    • Contributors PLV conceived the original idea. PLV and AC-G performed the design and editing of the infographic. RB, BF, NCC, NAM, KN and MB are the authors of the original study, and contributed to the design and editing of the infographic. JSM contributed to the design and editing of the infographic.

    • Funding PLV is supported by a predoctoral contract granted by the University of Alcalá (FPI2016). JSM is supported by a predoctoral contract granted by the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport (FPU14/03435).

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Patient consent for publication Not required.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.