Bennett et al. (2012) [50] | Bring et al. (2017) [51]a | Buist et al. (2010) [10] | Davis et al. (2003) [52] | Davis and Mullineaux (2016) [24] | Desai and Gruber (2021) [59] | Hamill et al. (2007) [58] | Hein et al. (2014) [14] | Hendricks and Phillips (2013) [19]a | Hesar et al. (2009) [22] | Hespanhol et al. (2016) [20] | Jungmalm et al. (2020) [60] | Leetun et al. (2004) [15]a | Lun et al. (2004) [4] | Messier et al. (2018) [16] | |
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Are the eligibility criteria appropriate for the aims of the study? e.g. were participants free from injury at baseline? | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ? | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ? | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Are the baseline assessment methods adequately described? | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Have the reliability and validity of baseline assessment methods been established? | ✓ | ✓ | * | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | * | * | ✓ | * | * | ✓ | * | * |
Was the injury reporting method adequately described? | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | X | X | X | X | ✓ | ✓ | X | Y | X | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
For specific injury diagnoses, was there a suitably qualified assessor?c | X | n/a | n/a | ? | n/a | n/a | ? | ? | n/a | ✓ | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
For specific injury diagnoses, was the assessor blinded to baseline results?c | X | n/a | n/a | ? | n/a | n/a | ? | ? | n/a | ? | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
For specific injury diagnoses, were all injuries diagnosed in the same manner?c | X | n/a | n/a | ? | n/a | n/a | ? | ? | n/a | ? | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Did the authors state how they dealt with multiple injuries? e.g. only analysed first injuryd | X | X | n/a | X | n/a | n/a | X | X | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Were important confounders (e.g. training load) accounted for? | X | X | ✓ | X | ✓ | ? | ✓ | ✓ | X | ✓ | X | X | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Is it likely that attrition rates and/or reasons affected the results of the study? | ? | ✓ | n/a | n/a | ? | X | n/a | X | ? | n/a | n/a | ? | ✓ | X | ✓ |
Napier et al. (2018) [25] | Noehren et al. (2007) [26] | Noehren et al. (2013) [27] | Peterson et al. (2020) [53]b | Shen et al. (2019) [28] | Stafanyshyn et al. (2006) [29] | Hotta et al. (2015) [54] | Thijs et al. (2008) [55] | Thijs et al. (2011) [17] | Torp et al. (2018) [17] | Van Der Worp et al. (2016) [35] | Van Ginckel et al. (2008) [23] | Wen et al. (1998) [21] | Winter et al. (2019) [61] | Zifchock (2007) [57] | |
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Are the eligibility criteria appropriate for the aims of the study? e.g. were participants free from injury at baseline? | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ? | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ? |
Are the baseline assessment methods adequately described? | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Have the reliability and validity of baseline assessment methods been established? | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | * | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | * | ✓ | ✓ | ? | ? | * |
Was the injury reporting method adequately described? | ✓ | X | X | ✓ | X | ✓ | X | X | X | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | X | X |
For specific injury diagnoses, was there a suitably qualified assessor?c | n/a | ✓ | ✓ | n/a | ? | ✓ | n/a | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | n/a | ? | n/a | n/a | ? |
For specific injury diagnoses, was the assessor blinded to baseline results?c | n/a | ? | ? | n/a | ? | ? | n/a | ? | ✓ | ✓ | n/a | ✓ | n/a | n/a | ? |
For specific injury diagnoses, were all injuries diagnosed in the same manner?c | n/a | ✓ | ✓ | n/a | ✓ | ✓ | n/a | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | n/a | ✓ | n/a | n/a | ? |
Did the authors state how they dealt with multiple injuries? e.g. only analysed first injuryd | n/a | X | X | ✓ | X | X | n/a | X | X | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Were important confounders (e.g. training load) accounted for? | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | n/a | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ? | X |
Is it likely that attrition rates and/or reasons affected the results of the study? | ✓ | n/a | n/a | n/a | ? | n/a | X | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ? | ✓ | X | X | X |