Injury Risk Assessment in Women’s Football: Are We on the Right Path to Reduce Injury Risk? A Preliminary Systematic Scoping Review

Asier Intxaurbe Gorostiza, Ibai Garcia-Tabar, Ibai Garcia-Tabar, Igor Setuain, Igor Setuain

2025

Abstract

Elite women’s football has experienced exponential growth, accompanied by an increasing in physical demands and a simultaneous shift in injury patterns. This scoping systematic review synthesised the methodologies employed in multicomponent screening tests (MCST) designed to mitigate injury risk among professional and semi-professional female players. Searches were conducted in PubMed/MEDLINE, Scopus and Web of Science (from inception in July 2024 to June 2025). Included studies were quantitative studies conducted on female soccer players. Main outcomes were functional screening profiles. Screening, data extraction, and quality assessment (Quality Assessment Tool for Quantitative Studies and the Oxford Levels of Evidence scales) were performed. Methods and results were reported according to PRISMA guidelines. The search yielded 4742 articles, of which 8 were included. Overall methodological quality of the studies was strong, with a moderate level of evidence. MCST protocols assessed mobility, lower-limb strength, core stability, jump mechanics and sprint mechanics, yet displayed considerable heterogeneity in instrumentation, metrics and cut off values. Despite growing interest, no universal protocol or consensus has yet emerged, hampering cross-study comparison and the formulation of robust injury preventive strategies for elite women’s football.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Gorostiza A., Garcia-Tabar I. and Setuain I. (2025). Injury Risk Assessment in Women’s Football: Are We on the Right Path to Reduce Injury Risk? A Preliminary Systematic Scoping Review. In Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Sport Sciences Research and Technology Support - Volume 1: icSPORTS; ISBN 978-989-758-771-9, SciTePress, pages 246-255. DOI: 10.5220/0013748900003988

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icsports25,
author={Asier Gorostiza and Ibai Garcia-Tabar and Igor Setuain},
title={Injury Risk Assessment in Women’s Football: Are We on the Right Path to Reduce Injury Risk? A Preliminary Systematic Scoping Review},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Sport Sciences Research and Technology Support - Volume 1: icSPORTS},
year={2025},
pages={246-255},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0013748900003988},
isbn={978-989-758-771-9},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Sport Sciences Research and Technology Support - Volume 1: icSPORTS
TI - Injury Risk Assessment in Women’s Football: Are We on the Right Path to Reduce Injury Risk? A Preliminary Systematic Scoping Review
SN - 978-989-758-771-9
AU - Gorostiza A.
AU - Garcia-Tabar I.
AU - Setuain I.
PY - 2025
SP - 246
EP - 255
DO - 10.5220/0013748900003988
PB - SciTePress