Injury Prevention
Conditions
Brief summary
Football is the most popular sport in the world, with 260 million male and female active participants, including \ 113,000 FIFA registered professional players. Playing football is fun and can provide many health benefits, however, it also presents a high injury risk. Studies on elite and non-elite footballers have reported similar injury rates in both genders. The most common football-related injuries are the knee and ankle ligament and thigh muscle strains, Over the past two decades, significant advancement has been made in the field of injury prevention in football. There are used trials to prevent specific injuries, as ankle sprain, ACL injuries, hamstring strains, etc. On the other hand, there are created programs designed to prevent a wider spectrum of injuries like FIFA11+. Therefore, the aim of this study is to investigate the effect of a new injury prevention program on the overall injury incidence in young football players.
Interventions
The execution of the program takes 10-15 minutes. The program will be performed in the training sessions, after the usual warm-up. The program is based on scientific evidence that has previously shown good efficacy on injury prevention in football. The exercise categories address 7 aspects: 1. Balance 2. Core stability 3. Hamstring eccentrics 4. Glute activation 5. Plyometrics 6. Running 7. Games The games are included with the aim to increase the attractiveness of the program. Each category contains 2 exercises and the coach is free to decide which one to choose in every training session. All exercises are organized in five or six levels with increasing difficulty (physically and cognitively).
Sponsors
Universität des Saarlandes
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)
Masking description
Two teams will work on injury data collection. Teams are not informed for which group (intervention or control) they are recording the datas.
Intervention model description
Cluster randomised controlled trial
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
MALE
Age
13 Years to 19 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
officially registered football club in the football federation of Kosovo players must be between 13-19 years old regular training must take place at least three times per week
Exclusion criteria
teams already using an injury prevention program injured players
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Overall injury rate | up to 9 months |
Countries
Kosovo
Outcome results
None listed