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Members of another sports high school and 4 soccer clubs performed an injury-reduction program but without neck exercises (comparison group).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Main Outcome Measure(s)<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Self-reported injury data were collected from each player at the end of the season and used to calculate incidence rate ratios (IRRs) with 95% CIs.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>In total, 364 players completed the study, including 146 players in the neck training group and 218 players in the comparison group. Despite players in the neck training group being less likely to self-report a concussion (IRR = 0.23; 95% CI = 0.03, 1.04) and pain on heading a ball (IRR = 0.62; 95% CI = 0.34, 1.07), only a lower incidence of possible concussive events (IRR = 0.38; 95% CI = 0.14, 0.90; P &amp;lt; .05) was significant.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Integrating neuromuscular neck exercises into injury-reduction exercise programs has the potential to reduce the risk of adolescent soccer players sustaining a possible concussive event, concussion, or pain on heading a ball.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.4085\/1062-6050-0340.22","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,1,16]],"date-time":"2023-01-16T14:21:47Z","timestamp":1673878907000},"page":"519-527","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":18,"title":["Injury-Reduction Programs Containing Neuromuscular Neck Exercises and the Incidence of Soccer-Related Head and Neck Injuries"],"prefix":"10.4085","volume":"58","author":[{"given":"Kerry","family":"Peek","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"*Discipline of Physiotherapy, University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Theodore","family":"Versteegh","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"\u2020University of Western Ontario, London, Canada"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Stella","family":"Veith","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"\u2021Centre of Medical and Exercise Physiology, School of Medicine, University of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Matt","family":"Whalan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"\u2021Centre of Medical and Exercise Physiology, School of Medicine, University of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Suzi","family":"Edwards","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"*Discipline of Physiotherapy, University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Marnee","family":"McKay","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"*Discipline of Physiotherapy, University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Andrew John","family":"Gardner","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"\u00a7School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"2557","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,9,2]]},"reference":[{"issue":"(3)","key":"2023090214334356900_i1062-6050-58-6-519-b01","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"110","DOI":"10.1080\/87565641.2020.1766464","article-title":"Youth soccer parents\u2019 perceptions of long-term effects of concussion","volume":"45","author":"Schatz","year":"2020","journal-title":"Dev Neuropsychol"},{"issue":"(3)","key":"2023090214334356900_i1062-6050-58-6-519-b02","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"554","DOI":"10.1177\/1747954120981197","article-title":"A comparison of US and Scotland youth soccer coaches\u2019 legal consciousness regarding concussion safety regulations","volume":"16","author":"DeMartini","year":"2021","journal-title":"Int J Sports Sci Coach"},{"key":"2023090214334356900_i1062-6050-58-6-519-b03","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"i3","DOI":"10.1136\/bjsm.2005.018937","article-title":"A six year prospective study of the incidence and causes of head and neck injuries in international football","volume":"39","author":"Fuller","year":"2005","journal-title":"Br J Sports Med"},{"issue":"(21)","key":"2023090214334356900_i1062-6050-58-6-519-b04","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1332","DOI":"10.1136\/bjsports-2018-100232","article-title":"Head injury in soccer: from science to the field. 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