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; Yuanpeng Liao

doi:10.3390/ijerph191912044

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

Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Sep 23;19(19):12044. doi: 10.3390/ijerph191912044.

Authors

Jinfeng Yang^{1

2}, Yang Wang¹, Jianxin Chen^{1

2}, Jinqi Yang^{1

2}, Na Li³, Chun Wang¹, Yuanpeng Liao^{1

2

4}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Sports Medicine and Health, Chengdu Sport University, Chengdu 610041, China.
² Institute of Sports Medicine and Health, Chengdu Sport University, Chengdu 610041, China.
³ National Clinical Research Center for Geriatrics, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.
⁴ Affiliated Hospital of Chengdu Sport University, Chengdu Sport University, Chengdu 610041, China.

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; meta-analysis; young player.

Publication types

Meta-Analysis
Review
Systematic Review
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Athletic Injuries* / prevention & control
Child
Football*
Humans
Knee Injuries*
Leg Injuries*
Soccer* / injuries
Warm-Up Exercise*

Grants and funding

This research was funded by the Key Laboratory of Sports Medicine of Sichuan Province and the State Sports General Administration of China, grant number 2021-A010.