2.2. Participants
injuries
The participants in this study were Estonian Military Academy cadets. Potential participants were briefed on the study objectives. All participants provided written informed consent prior to enrollment. Participants were included in the study if they had no current injuries causing limited duty days or inability to participate in the proposed injury-prevention program. Participant health status, in accordance with set criteria, was assessed by an orthopedic surgeon. All participants were randomly assigned to one of two groups: an intervention (INT) group that followed the injury-prevention program and a control (CON) group that continued their usual physical training without the additional injury-prevention program. The participant flow through the study is presented in 