Inclusion Criteria |
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Those studies: |
   • Which investigated neuromuscular warm-up strategies without the need for additional equipment other than that readily available at training or competition venues |
• for the prevention of any lower limb injury (hip, thigh, knee, ankle, leg) |
• using functional training |
• could be performed anywhere (for example, on-pitch) |
• without the use of specialist apparatus |
• easily incorporated into regular activity |
   • Which are detailed enough for replication |
   • Where injury incidence was an outcome |
Exclusion Criteria |
Those studies: |
   • Where the intervention is not part of a warm-up program |
   • Using home-based exercises due to the poor uptake and regular commitment |
   • Using equipment (for example, wobble board training) due to cost and availability |
   • Where the intervention included training outside of sporting participation sessions |
   • Where participants had an ongoing injury |
   • Using no control or comparison group |
   • Which were non-peer reviewed articles |
   • Of single participant study design |