Effects of the “FIFA11+ Kids” Program on Injury Prevention in Children: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Jinfeng Yang, Yang Wang, Jianxin Chen, Jinqi Yang, Na Li, Chun Wang and Yuanpeng Liao ()
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Jinfeng Yang: Department of Sports Medicine and Health, Chengdu Sport University, Chengdu 610041, China
Yang Wang: Department of Sports Medicine and Health, Chengdu Sport University, Chengdu 610041, China
Jianxin Chen: Department of Sports Medicine and Health, Chengdu Sport University, Chengdu 610041, China
Jinqi Yang: Department of Sports Medicine and Health, Chengdu Sport University, Chengdu 610041, China
Na Li: National Clinical Research Center for Geriatrics, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
Chun Wang: Department of Sports Medicine and Health, Chengdu Sport University, Chengdu 610041, China
Yuanpeng Liao: Department of Sports Medicine and Health, Chengdu Sport University, Chengdu 610041, China

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 19, 1-15

Abstract: FIFA11+ Kids is a warm-up program specially designed to prevent football injuries in children. This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to summarize the effects of FIFA11+ Kids on injury prevention in young football players. PubMed, Web of Science, Embase, Cochrane Library, and China National Knowledge Infrastructure were searched from 1 January 2016 to 24 August 2022. The primary outcome was overall injuries, and the secondary outcomes were severe, ankle, knee, and lower extremity injuries. Risk ratios (RRs) were calculated for each outcome. Methodological quality was assessed using the Physiotherapy Evidence Database (PEDro) scale. A total of 230 articles were screened, 6 of which were finally included in the meta-analysis. Compared with normal warm-up training, FIFA11+ Kids significantly reduced overall injury risk (RR = 0.52 [95% CI, 0.44–0.62]; p < 0.00001), severe injury risk (RR = 0.33 [95% CI, 0.18–0.61]; p = 0.0004), lower extremity injury risk (RR = 0.51 [95% CI, 0.41–0.65]; p < 0.00001), knee injury risk (RR = 0.45 [95% CI, 0.29–0.72]; p = 0.0009), and ankle injury risk (RR = 0.56 [95% CI, 0.35–0.89]; p = 0.01) in young football players. FIFA11+ Kids was found to be an effective approach to decrease the injury risk among young football players, which is worth generalizing extensively.

Keywords: FIFA11+ Kids; football injury; young player; meta-analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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