Adherence to the FIFA 11+ neuromuscular warm-up program and it's affect on lower limb and overall injury risk, performance and injury prevention beliefs Mental and Behavioural Disorders
Conditions
Interventions
Control group teams: were given online access to the FIFA 11+ website
Regular intervention group teams: in addition to online access of the FIFA11+ website (as per Control group) this group was provi
Sponsors
Federation Internationale de Football Association [FIFA] (Switzerland)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
Female
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Female youth soccer players (ages 14 to 18 years) participating in a minor soccer team within Alberta at the commencement of the 2011 outdoor soccer season (Premiere Division Tiers 1-3, U16, U18).
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Recent (within 6 weeks) history of back or lower extremity injury requiring medical attention or the inability to participate in soccer for at least one day and preventing the player from participating fully at the commencement of the 2011 outdoor season 2. History of systemic disease (e.g. cancer, arthritis, heart disease), neurological disorder (i.e. head injury, cerebral palsy), preventing the ability to participate fully at the commencement of the 2011 outdoor soccer season 3. History of bone fracture or surgery in the past year, preventing the ability to participate fully at the commencement of the 2011 outdoor soccer season
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Team adherence to the FIFA 11+, based on the total number and the proportion of the total number of possible sessions completed, warm-up components completed and the total time for warm-up sessions completed (i.e. target 20 minutes per session warm-up). | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Coaches? and players´ attitudes to and knowledge of injury prevention, which will be assessed pre and post-season. Measured qualitatively and quantitatively through Theory of Planned Behaviour Model 2. Changes in neuromuscular performance measures carried out as field-tests on all intervention and control players pre-and post-season. These include unipedal balance test (s), Star Excursion Balance Test (cm), triple single leg hop (cm), jumping over a bar (#) 3. Injury rates (per 1000 hr of exposure) as well as injury rate ratios | — |
Countries
Canada
Outcome results
None listed