Neuromuscular training programs are effective in improving the
performance of an athlete; it plays an important role in the injury prevention
as there has been strong evidence on its essence in the training programmes
and in rehabilitation. They have been increasingly integrated into clinical
practice for both the upper and lower extremity rehabilitation.
Epidemiological studies have shown that sports and recreations injuries
constitute to a major public health burden, the most common sports injuries
are strains, dislocations and ligament injuries occurring at the knee, ankle
and upper extremities. Injuries to lower extremities are often associated with
increased morbidity and long term disability. The prevention of injuries must
be considered a primary goal in the interventional strategies of an athlete.
Researchers have shown that proprioceptive and neuromuscular abilities
have a convinced impact on the injury risk. The motor skills become
repressed after injury and impair the performance of the athletes. Advanced
motor learning skill is necessary to accomplish complex motor tasks.
The Neuromuscular training could be defined as training enhancing
unconscious response by stimulating both afferent signals and central
mechanisms responsible for dynamic joint control. The importance of
program is to improve the nervous systems ability to produce fast and
optimal muscle firing pattern to improve, increase joint stability by cocontraction,
to decrease joint forces and relearn movement patterns and
skills. Systematic reviews have shown that neuromuscular training reduces
the incidence of sports injuries in athletes. The Data was sourced through
electronic bibliographic databases, reference lists of systematic reviews,
meta-analyses from pub med, Medline, science direct and Cochrane library.
Studies have shown that a multi interventional training programs focusing on
neuromuscular control must be incorporated to reduce the risk of injury and
a regular inclusion of neuromuscular training program will help in injury
prevention. In this study the importance of applied neuromuscular
physiological principles and the clinical applications are discussed with
evidence.