The following topic areas of injury prevention intervention research were reviewed in detail. The information provided below summarizes various intervention approaches and research findings regarding the effectiveness of these approaches. Knee braces do not appear to be protective. Protective for in-line skaters. Passive equipment Break-away bases effective for reducing softball injuries.
Padded goalposts appear to be effective for soccer injuries.
Preseason conditioning Evidence that preseason conditioning reduces the incidence and severity of high school football knee injuries. Comprehensive programs conducted in Sweden and in Seattle were found to be effective. The Medline 1967-97 search in this area yielded 439 citations. Fifty-seven of these studies were examined and 17 were selected for detailed review and annotation. In this area, we found a lack of evaluated interventions.