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Effective ACL injury prevention programs may be paramount in reducing this significant injury burden.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Purpose:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>To determine the effectiveness of ACL injury prevention programs and generate updated guidelines to protect athletes from these injuries.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Study Design:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Meta-analysis, Level of evidence, 2.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The Embase, PubMed, and Ovid (MEDLINE) databases were searched in accordance with PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses) guidelines. Included studies focused on ACL injury prevention as opposed to treatment and provided data on ACL injury rates after intervention implementation. Using random-effects models, the authors generated the pooled risk ratio (RR) for all data and female-only data, &lt;18 years versus \u226518 years of age data, handball data, soccer data, and balance board data.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Eighteen articles were identified (9 randomized controlled trials, 9 prospective cohort studies). The 25,166 studied athletes (mean age, 19.3 \u00b1 3.6 years; &gt;85% female) played handball, soccer, basketball, or volleyball. All interventions were studied for a minimum of 1 season (mean, 1.3 \u00b1 0.59). Athletes who participated in an ACL injury prevention program were significantly less likely to sustain an ACL rupture with a pooled RR of 0.46 (95% CI, 0.36-0.57). When analyzed by age, there was a significant risk reduction in ACL rupture for both athletes &lt;18 years and \u226518 years (RR, 0.35 [95% CI, 0.22-0.55] and RR, 0.50 [95% CI, 0.38-0.64], respectively). The pooled RR was also statistically significant for female players (RR, 0.57 [95% CI, 0.43-0.74]), soccer and handball athletes (RR, 0.30 [95% CI, 0.19-0.46] and RR, 0.66 [95% CI, 0.46-0.96], respectively), and players participating in programs including balance boards (RR, 0.49 [95% CI, 0.35-0.67]).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Athletes who did not partake in an ACL injury prevention program were nearly twice as likely to sustain an ACL rupture compared with those who did. 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