Effect of Neuromuscular Warm-up on Injuries in Female Athletes

Effect of Neuromuscular Warm-up on Injuries in Female Athletes in Urban Public High Schools: A Cluster-randomized Controlled Trial

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01092286

Enrollment

1653

Registered

2010-03-24

Start date

2006-07-31

Completion date

2009-07-31

Last updated

2018-01-25

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Conditions

Ankle Injuries, Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries, Knee Injuries, Lower Extremity Injuries

Keywords

Knee injury, ankle sprain, anterior cruciate ligament, adolescent, soccer, basketball, prevention

Brief summary

The goal of the study is to determine effect of coach-led neuromuscular warm-up on non-contact, lower extremity (LE) injury rates among female athletes in a predominantly non-white public high school system. The investigators hypothesized the warm-up would reduce non-contact LE injuries.

Detailed description

We will recruit basketball and soccer coaches and their athletes from Chicago public high schools. We will randomize teams to intervention and control groups. We will train intervention coaches to implement a 20-minute neuromuscular warm-up and tracked training costs. Control coaches will use their usual warm-up. All coaches will report weekly athlete exposures (AEs) and injuries resulting in a missed practice/game. Research assistants will interview injured athletes. We will compare injury rates between control and intervention groups.

Interventions

OTHERneuromuscular warm-up

neuromuscular warm-up exercises that take 20 minutes to perform

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

14 Years to 80 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

for High School Students (initial part of study - completed) * plays basketball or soccer for a Chicago public high school team * coaches basketball or soccer for a Chicago public high school team * female, age 14-20 Inclusion Criteria for coaches (current part of study): * Willing to implement a new warm-up before their team's practices and games * Willing to complete a pre- and post-season survey before and after using the warm-up program for one season (surveys are attached). * Willing to complete a pre- and post-workshop test before and after the workshop (tests are attached). * Willing to allow study personnel to observe their implementation of the warm-up at up to three team practices or games.

Exclusion criteria

for coaches (current part of study) There are no separate

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
lower extremity injury rates	one year

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
coach compliance with warm-up	one year

Countries

United States

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Mar 27, 2026