The Effectiveness of Neuromuscular Warmups for Lower Extremity Injury Prevention in Basketball: A Systematic Review

Davis, Anna C.; Emptage, Nicholas P.; Pounds, Dana; Woo, Donna; Sallis, Robert; Romero, Manuel G.; Sharp, Adam L.

doi:10.1186/s40798-021-00355-1

Sports Medicine - Open

Table 2 Summary of included studies and intervention components

From: The Effectiveness of Neuromuscular Warmups for Lower Extremity Injury Prevention in Basketball: A Systematic Review

Study	Basketball population	Age group	Elite (Y/N)	Sex	N intervention—basketball	N control—basketball	Warmup intervention components					Comparison	Time horizon
Study	Basketball population	Age group	Elite (Y/N)	Sex	N intervention—basketball	N control—basketball	Stretching—static	Dynamic warmup	Jumping/plyometrics	Strength	Balance/ stability	Comparison	Time horizon
Balance interventions
McGuine et al. [21]	High-school basketball players	Youth	N	M/F	122	113					X	Normal warmup, training and/or conditioning practices	1 season
Cumps et al. [19]	Elite youth and young-senior basketball players	Youth & Adult	Y	M/F	29	25					X	Normal warmup, training and/or conditioning practices	22 weeks
Emery et al. [29]	High-school competitive basketball players	Youth	N	M/F	494	426					X	Standardized basic warmup taught to both intervention and control groups	1 year
Eils et al. [28]	German professional basketball players	Adult	Y	M/F	96	102					X	Normal warmup, training and/or conditioning practices	1 season
Riva et al. [22]	Professional Italian basketball players	Adult	Y	NR	24	24					X	NA—comparison is pre-period	6 years
Multicomponent interventions
Hewett et al. [31]	High-school competitive female basketball players	Youth	N	F	84	189	X	X	X	X		Normal warmup, training and/or conditioning practices	1 season
Pfeiffer et al. [34]	High-school competitive female basketball players	Youth	N	F	191	319		X	X			Normal warmup, training and/or conditioning practices	2 seasons
LaBella et al. [20]	High-school competitive female basketball players	Youth	N	F	236	161		X	X	X		Normal warmup, training and/or conditioning practices	1 season
Longo et al. [32]	Elite precollegiate male basketball players	Youth & Young Adult	Y	M	80	41		X	X	X	X	Normal warmup, training and/or conditioning practices	1 season
Aerts et al. [26]	Competitive adult basketball players	Youth & Adult	N	M/F	129	114			X	X		Normal warmup, training and/or conditioning practices	6 months
Bonato et al. [27]	Professional Italian female basketball players	Adult	Y	F	86	74		X	X	X		Normal warmup, training and/or conditioning practices	1 season
Foss et al. [30]	Middle-school and high-school female basketball players	Youth	N	F	126	121			X	X		Sham protocol with resisted running using elastic bands	1 season
Omi et al. [33]	Collegiate female basketball players	College	N	F	448	309			X	X	X	NA—comparison is pre-period	8 years

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