Wu et al. 2024, Exercise-based prevention programmes and injury in endurance runners

This systematic review and meta-analysis (9 RCTs, n = 1,904 endurance runners) is the first to focus specifically on runners rather than mixed sport or military cohorts. Pooled results found no significant reduction in overall injury risk or injury rate from exercise-based prevention programmes; only supervised interventions showed a significant protective effect in subgroup analysis. Evidence is moderate.