Psychosocial predictors and psychological prevention of soccer injuries: A systematic review and meta-analysis of the literature

To examine (a) the relationships between the psychosocial risk factors and injury rates and (b) the effects of psychological-based prevention interventions on the injury risk of soccer players.Scholarly electronic databases (PubMed/MEDLINE, Google Scholar, Scopus) were searched on 1 January 2017, complemented by manual searches of bibliographies.Systematic review and meta-analysis.We identified 13 eligible studies, including a total of 1149...