Knee Injury
Conditions
Keywords
Incidence of ACL injury, Risk factors for ACL injury, Prevention of ACL injury or any acute knee injury
Brief summary
Football-related knee injuries are common and especially the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury constitute a serious problem in football regardless of the playing level. The purpose of this study is to conduct a randomized controlled trial evaluating the effect of a training program designed to prevent acute knee injury in female adolescent football players. The investigators' hypotheses are: 1. a preventive training program reduces the incidence of ACL injury, and 2. a high match frequency and match play at senior level increase the risk of ACL injury.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALKnäkontroll, SISU Idrottsböcker©, Sweden, 2005
The preventive program (Knäkontroll, SISU Idrottsböcker©, Sweden, 2005) consists of six exercises focusing on knee control and core stability and is performed during the warm-up at two training sessions per week throughout the 2009 competitive season.
Sponsors
Swedish Football Association
Folksam
Swedish National Centre for Research in Sports
Region Skane
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
FEMALE
Age
13 Years to 17 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Teams with female football players aged 13-17 years
Exclusion criteria
* Teams that did not reply to the invitation or declined participation * Teams having less than two scheduled training sessions per week * Teams already using the preventive program
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The incidence of ACL injury | One competitive football season |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The incidence of any acute knee injury except contusion | One competitive football season |
Countries
Sweden
Outcome results
None listed