Effectiveness of Injury Prevention Programs

Meadowlands Assembly Hall, Dominican University of California

In the sports world, injuries are a commonality, as a result athletic trainers have the job of assisting athletes in preventing those injuries that are preventable through different injury specific exercise programs. Recently it has been shown that some injury prevention programs have been creating new injuries or recreating previous injuries. The purpose of the study is to research the effectiveness of injury prevention program and whether these programs are detrimental to the athlete through a through a detailed systematic review of past research along with a serious of semi-formal interviews of multiple athlete trainers detailed systematic review of past research along with a serious of semi-formal interviews of multiple athlete trainers.