Effect of FIFA 11+ Injury Prevention Program on Anterior Knee Shear Force in Teenage Male Soccer Players

The FIFA 11 comprehensive warm-up programs are known to reduce sport injuries in soccer players, especially injury to Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL). However, there is limited knowledge on how it affects anterior knee shear force in soccer players. The present study aimed to investigate the effect of the FIFA 11 injury prevention programs on anterior knee shear force in teenage male soccer players.
In the current semi-experimental study, 30 teenage soccer players, aged between 14 and 16 years, with no injury in the lower extremities, were randomly divided into control (n= 15) and training (n= 15) groups. Force was measured using a force plate (during a single leg jump-landing test). The maximum posterior ground reaction force was considered as the anterior knee shear force (equivalent to the pressure on the ACL). Repeated measures analysis of variance was run for data analysis.
The 11 program training group brought about a significant reduction in the anterior knee shear force compared with that in the control group (p The present study demonstrated that the FIFA 11 injury prevention program can reduce shear force on the anterior knee of teenage male soccer players. This program may result in optimum control of ACL injury by limiting the anterior shear force on the knee, which is one of the risk factors of knee injury.