The relationship between physical fitness attributes and sports injury in female, team ball sport players: a systematic review

Sports Medicine - Open

Table 7 Summary conclusions and level of certainty from studies examining associations between physical fitness components and ‘any injury’ in female, team ball sport players

Physical fitness components	Relationships assessed from each study		Summary conclusion		Level of certainty
Physical fitness components	# relationships demonstrating significant association with injury	# relationships demonstrating no significant association with injury	n/N relationship outcome (%)	Practical interpretation	High, moderate, low, insufficient
Univariate analyses
Balance measures	2 [104]	2 [104], 4 [70]	2/8 (25%)	No association	Low
Body composition measures	1 [68]	1 [70], 1 [76], 1 [84], 5 [68]	1/9 (11%)	No association	Low
Cardiovascular fitness measures	1 [84]	1 [84]	1/2 (50%)	Unknown	Insufficient
Coordination measures	1 [64], 2 [104]	1 [64], 12 [104]	3/16 (19%)	No association	Moderate
Flexibility measures	2 [76]	8 [104]	2/10 (20%)	No association	Low
Multivariate analyses
Agility measures	1 [78]	0	1/1 (100%)	Unknown	Insufficient
Balance measures	4 [104]	0	4/4 (100%)	Unknown	Insufficient
Body composition measures	2 [82]	0	2/2 (100%)	Unknown	Insufficient
Coordination measures	6 [104]	6 [104]	6/12 (50%)	Inconsistent association	Insufficient
Flexibility measures	1 [78], 2 [100], 2 [104]	6 [104], 17 [62]	5/28 (18%)	No association	Moderate

Coding: n/N = number of significant associated relationships divided by total number of relationships investigated. The number of relationships is reported with the study reference number in brackets
Data removed from univariate analyses data synthesis due to poor methodological quality and/or high ROB included: body composition measures (2 relationships [102]); cardiovascular fitness measures (1 relationship [67], 1 relationship [66]); and power measures (1 relationship [67], 1 relationship [66])