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Table 1 Studies Exclusion

From: Prevalence and incidence of low back pain among runners: a systematic review

First Author, Year

Journal, Title

Reasons For Exclusion

Aggrawal ND, 1979

Br J Sports Med

A Study of changes in the spine in weight-lifters and other athletes

Data for prevalence, incidence or risk factors running related low back injuries are not reported

This study evaluates the spine complaints in weight-lifters and track and field athletes

Bertelsen ML, 2017 [24]

Scand J Med Sci Sports

A framework for the etiology of running-related injuries

Study design is not included

Brill PA, 1995

Sports Med

The influence of running patterns on running

injuries.

Study design is not included

Buist I, 2010

Am J Sports Med

Predictors of running-related injuries in novice runners enrolled in

a systematic training program: a prospective cohort study

Primary and secondary outcomes are not evaluated

Burrows M, 2003

Br J Sports Med

Physiological factors associated with low bone mineral density in female endurance runners

Primary and secondary outcomes are not evaluated

This study analyzes the BMD (bone mass index) of several body segments after physical exercises

Cai C, 2015

J Orthop Sports Phys Ther

Low Back and Lower Limb Muscle Performance in Male and Female Recreational Runners with Chronic Low Back Pain

Primary and secondary outcomes not evaluated

This study evaluates some physical test such as muscular strength and length

Cole AJ, 1995

J Back Musculoskelet Rehabil

Spine injuries in runners: A functional approach

Data for prevalence, incidence or risk factors running related low back injuries are not reported

Study design is not relevant

Damsted C, 2019

J Orthop Sports Phys Ther

Preparing for half-marathon: The association between changes in weekly running distance and running-related injuries – does it matter how the running is scheduled?

Primary and secondary outcomes are not evaluated.

This study evaluates only running-related injuries localized in the lower limb

Fokkema T, 2018

J Sci Med Sport

Prognosis and

prognostic factors of running-related injuries in novice runners: a

prospective cohort study

Data for prevalence, incidence or risk factors running related low back injuries are not reported

Franke TPC, 2019 [5]

J Orthop Sports Phys Ther

Running Themselves Into the Ground? Incidence, Prevalence, and Impact of Injury and Illness in Runners Preparing for a Half or Full Marathon

Data for prevalence, incidence or risk factors running related low back injuries are not reported

This study grouped the data for head, spine and trunk

Fredericson M, 2007

Sports Med

Epidemiology and aetiology of marathon running injuries

Study design is not included

Garbutt G, 1990 [60]

Med Sci Sports Exerc

Running speed and spinal shrinkage in runners with and without low back pain

Data for prevalence, incidence or risk factors running related low back injuries are not reported

This study analyzes the spinal shrinkage in runners. The authors consider LBP as an independent of the shrinkage induced by running

Hamill J, 2009

Res Sports Med

Lower extremity joint stiffness in runners with low back pain

Primary and secondary outcomes are not evaluated.

This study evaluates the joint stiffness of hip, knee and ankle in runners with current LBP, resolved LBP and controls

Hespanhol Junior LC, 2016

Scand J Med Sci Sports

Health and economic burden of running-related injuries in runners training for an event: a prospective cohort study

Data for prevalence, incidence or risk factors running related low back injuries are not reported

Jacobs S, 1986

Am J Sports Med

Injuries to runners: a study of entrants to a

10,000-m race.

Primary and secondary outcomes are not evaluated

Kemler E, 2018 [12]

Phys Sportsmed

The relationship between the use of running applications and running-related injuries

Data for prevalence, incidence or risk factors running related low back injuries are not reported

Kluitenberg B, 2013

BMC Public Health

The NLstart2run study: health effects of a running promotion program in novice runners, design of a prospective cohort study

Study design is not included

Kluitenberg B, 2016

J Sci Med Sport

The NLstart2run study: training-related factors associated with running-related injuries in novice runners

Primary and secondary outcomes are not evaluated.

This study analyzes the risk factors for running-related injury without referring to specific anatomical sites for each participant

Lee SP, 2018

Phys Ther Sport

Adaptations of lumbar biomechanics after four weeks of running training with minimalist footwear and technique guidance: Implications for running-related lower back pain

Primary and secondary outcomes are not evaluated

The authors report only that incorporating minimalist footwear and technique coaching into a

runners’ training may induce changes in lumbar biomechanics associated with reduced risk of running related LBP, without any statistical analysis

Lewis G, 2000

ISMJThe etiology and clinical features of low back pain in distance runners: a review

Study design is not relevant

Linton L, 2018

J Sci Med Sport

Running with injury: a study of UK novice and

recreational runners and factors associated with running related injury

Data for prevalence, incidence or risk factors running related low back injuries are not reported

Lopes AD, 2011

J Physiother

Musculoskeletal pain is

prevalent among recreational runners who are about to compete: an observational study of 1049 runners

Data for prevalence, incidence or risk factors running related low back injuries are not reported

This study evaluated the general spine complaints

Nielsen RO, 2019

BMJ Open

The Garmin-RUNSAFE Running Health Study on the aetiology of runningrelated injuries: rationale and design of an 18-month prospective cohort study including runners worldwide

Study design is not included

Nielsen RO, 2013 [61]

Int J Phys Ther

Classifying running-related injuries based upon etiology,

with emphasis on volume and pace

Study design is not included

Noormohammadpour P, 2015

Eur Spine J

Low back pain status of female university students in relation to different sport activities

Data for prevalence, incidence or risk factors running related low back injuries are not reported

This study evaluates the LBP status in 9 sports, but not among runner

Ogon M, 1999

Foot Ankle Int

Does arch height affect impact loading at the lower back level in running?

Primary and secondary outcomes are not evaluated

Oliveira RR, 2017

Int J Sports Phys Ther

There are no biomechanical differences between runners classified by the functional movement screen

Primary and secondary outcomes are not evaluated

This study evaluates the timing of TrA (transversus abdominis muscle) activation and the sit and reach test such as possible factors for LBP development

Preece SJ, 2016

Gait Posture

How do elite endurance runners alter movements of the spine and pelvis as running speed increases?

Primary and secondary outcomes are not evaluated

This study analyzes some cinematics parameters of the spine and pelvis without any consideration for LBP

Sado N, 2017

Sports Biomech

The three-dimensional kinetic behaviour of the pelvic rotation in maximal sprint running

Primary and secondary outcomes are not evaluated

This study analyzes the lumbosacral cinematic to improve the sprint performance in running

Schafer WE, 1985

Stress Health

Life changes, stress, injury and illness in adult runners

Data for prevalence, incidence or risk factors running related low back injuries are not reported

Scheer BV, 2011 [62]

Clin J Sport Med

Al Andalus Ultra Trail: an observation of medical interventions during a 219-km, 5-day ultramarathon stage race

Data for prevalence, incidence or risk factors running related low back injuries are not reported

Seay JF, 2014

Eur J Sport Sci

Trunk bend and twist coordination is affected by low back pain status during running

Data for prevalence, incidence or risk factors running related low back injuries are not reported

This study analyzes the differences in trunk sagittal kinematics between 3 groups of runners, with current LBP, resolved LBP or controls

Smits DW, 2018

Res Sports Med

Validity of injury self-reports by novice runners: comparison with reports by sports medicine physicians

Data for prevalence, incidence or risk factors running related low back injuries are not reported

This study examines the criterion validity of self-reported running related injuries, compared to an injury consultation by a sport medicine physician

Sugisaki N, 2011

Int J Sport Health Sci

The Relationship between 30-m Sprint Running Time and Muscle Cross-sectional Areas of the Psoas Major and Lower Limb Muscles in Male College Short and Middle Distance Runners

Primary and secondary outcomes are not evaluated

Tam N, 2018

J Sports Sci

Bone health in elite Kenyan runners

Primary and secondary outcomes are not evaluated

Tauton JE, 2002

Br J Sports Med

A retrospective case-control analysis of 2002 running injuries

Data for prevalence, incidence or risk factors running related low back injuries are not reported

This study evaluates the running-related injury in athletes of different sports such as cycling, swimming, weight-lifting, etc. who referred to had an injury during running activity

Villavicencio AT, 2006

Neurosurg Focus

Back and neck pain in triathletes

Data for prevalence, incidence or risk factors running related low back injuries are not reported

The study population is triathlon athletes

Wen DY, 2007

Curr Sports Med Rep

Risk Factors for Overuse Injuries

in Runners

Study design is not included

Winter SC, 2018

J Phy Fit Treatment & Sports

Centre of Mass Acceleration-Derived Variables Detects Differences between Runners of Different Abilities and Fatigue-Related Changes during a Long Distance Over ground Run

Primary and secondary outcomes are not evaluated.

This study evaluates the differences in running movements using a wireless accelerometers

Winter SC, 2019

Res Sports Med

Overuse injuries in runners of different abilities-a one-year prospective study.

Data for prevalence, incidence or risk factors running related low back injuries are not reported

This study provides the total amount of injuries for the groups of running level. The single anatomical site of injury for each runner was not included