BMJ 2005;330 (26 February), doi:10.1136/bmj.330.7489.0-a
Warm-up programme prevents knee and ankle injuries
A structured warm-up programme designed to improve awareness and knee and ankle control during landing and pivoting movements may halve the incidence of knee and ankle injuries among young people participating in sports. A cluster randomised controlled trial by Olsen and colleagues (p 449) compared the programme to no intervention in 1837 handball players aged 15-17. During the season, injury rates were significantly lower in the group that received the intervention (relative risk 0.53, 95% confidence interval 0.35 to 0.81).
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