Intrinsic variables associated with low back pain and lumbar spine injury in fast bowlers in cricket: a systematic review

ConclusionInconsistencies in results may be related to differences in study design, injury definitions, participant characteristics, measurement parameters, and statistical analyses. Low back pain and lumbar spine injury occurrence in fast bowlers remain high, and this may be due to an absence of low bias studies that have informed recommendations for their prevention. Future research should employ clearly defined injury outcomes, analyse continuous datasets, utilise models that better represent lumbar kinematics and kinetics during fast bowling, and better quantify previous injury, lumbar anatomical features and lumbar maturation.Trial registrationOpen Science Frameworkhttps://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/ERKZ2.
Source: BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation - Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research