Athletic Injuries
Conditions
Brief summary
This study evaluates the preventive effect of a neuromuscular training program on injuries in youth floorball players. Half of participants will receive the training program, and half act as control and perform their usual training practices.
Detailed description
The study is a cluster-randomized controlled trial including male and female youth (12-17 years) floorball players. Club is used as cluster unit. Coaches in the intervention group receive education of the preventive neuromuscular training program Knee Control (Knäkontroll) before the start of the season. Knee Control consists of 6 different exercises, with 4 different variations and 1 pair-exercise, and takes about 10 minutes to complete. In addition, coaches are instructed to perform a 5-minute running warm-up before the Knee Control exercises. Teams are to carry out the intervention at all training sessions, and the 5-minute warm-up also before all matches. Coaches in the control group carry on their normal training and warm-up routines with their clubs. Teams are followed for one full season: October 2017 - March 2018. Data registered for the study include exposure to floorball training and matches, and injuries that occur as a result of participation in floorball.
Interventions
OTHERKnee Control training program
10-minute training program to be performed at all team training sessions during the season.
Sponsors
Linkoeping University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)
Masking description
Statistician performing outcome analyses are blinded to group belonging
Intervention model description
Parallell group cluster-randomized trial
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
12 Years to 17 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Teams with players 12-17 years of age (born 2000-2005) * Teams who have not used a structured training program aiming to prevent injuries (the Knee Control or similar program) on a regular basis the last year * Teams who have training at least twice per week
Exclusion criteria
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Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| All physical complaints injury | Study start up to end of season (6 months) | Any floorball related injury regardless of need of care or absence from floorball training or matches (all physical complaints injury definition) |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Medical attention injury | Study start up to end of season (6 months) | Floorball related injury requiring the player to seek care (medical attention injury) |
| Adverse events | Study start up to end of season (6 months) | Adverse events of using the program (intervention group only) |
| Intervention compliance and fidelity | Study start up to end of season (6 months) | Coach reported compliance and fidelity with the program protocol (intervention group only) |
| Coach experience of injuries and intervention program | Baseline and 6 months | Coach baseline and follow-up experiences of injuries (control group and intervention group) and of the Knee Control program (intervention group only) |
| Time-loss injury | Study start up to end of season (6 months) | Floorball related injury causing absence from the next training or match with the team (time-loss injury) |
| Exercise fidelity | At approximately 2 months and 5 months | Exercise fidelity (observation of the technique when using the intervention in select intervention group teams) |
| Health care need | After study end at 6 months | Number of health care visits due to floorball related injuries during the season, type of diagnostic examinations and treatments |
| Costs | After study end at 6 months | Estimated costs of floorball related injuries and costs of the intervention |
| Player experience of injuries and intervention program | Baseline and 6 months | Player baseline and follow-up experiences of injuries (control group and intervention group) and of the Knee Control program (intervention group only) |
Countries
Sweden
Outcome results
None listed