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