REVIEW ARTICLE
THE ROLE OF STRENGTH TRAINING IN PREVENTING MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURIES AMONG FEMALE AND MALE SOCCER PLAYERS
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Physiotherapy Student, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poland
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Department of Physiotherapy, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poland
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Sports Science Research Group, Rehasport Clinic FIFA Medical Centre of Excellence, Poland
Submission date: 2023-03-08
Acceptance date: 2023-03-21
Publication date: 2025-11-26
Corresponding author
Szymon Zduński
health sciences department, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poland
Issue Rehabil. Orthop. Neurophysiol. Sport Promot. 2022;41(4):27-39
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Introduction:
The occurrence of sports injuries among soccer players causes both financial and health
losses, which is why preventing them is crucial. Science should provide reliable data on how
different interventions affect the occurrence of sports injuries among athletes.
Aim:
The review aims to analyse the quality of evidence proofed by the studies on the effectiveness
of strength training in preventing sports injuries in soccer players.
Material and Methods:
Five databases were used in the review: Web of Science, Embase, Cochrane Library, Academic
Search Ultimate, and Pubmed. Keywords used included: soccer players, strength training,
hypertrophy training, protocol, injury rate, burden, and prevalence. Quality evaluation of
studies found was performed using PEDro scale.
Results:
Of the 646 studies researched, only 4 met the criteria of being applicable to this systematic
review.
Conclusions:
All four studies confirmed the decrease in the number of injuries and absence days per 1000h
of exposure due to strength training; nonetheless, the lack of standardized protocol based
on knowledge efficient at building strength makes the conclusion unreliable.