Epidemiology of Injuries in Women Playing Competitive Team Bat-or-Stick Sports: A Systematic Review and a Meta-Analysis.

Nirmala Kanthi Panagodage PereraCorey JosephJoanne Lyn KempCaroline Frances Finch

Published in: Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) (2018)

Injury prevention in women's sports is a novel and emerging field of research interest. This review highlights that injury incidence is high among female bat-or-stick players, but little information is known about direct causal mechanisms. This review clearly establishes the need for enhancements to injury data collection. Without this information, it will not be possible to develop evidence-based injury prevention interventions.

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