Epidemiology of Speed Skating-related Injuries

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT05175183

Enrollment

Registered

2022-01-03

Start date

2021-12-01

Completion date

2022-02-01

Last updated

2022-08-09

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Conditions

Sports Injury

Keywords

Prevalence, Multidirectional Sport, Injury prevention, Athletic injuries

Brief summary

Speed skating is a sport in which there´s a lack of epidemiological studies. In line with the well-established model of sports injury prevention research proffered by van Mechelen, the first stage in this process is establishing the extent of the problem i.e. injury incidence, severity and burden. Through an online survey filled by semiprofessional athletes, it is posible to obtain all this important information. This way, it will be possible to fulfill a gap in the literature and take action in the near future in order to reduce the prevalence of injuries in this sport.

Detailed description

A retrospective study will be performed in speed skaters. 100 speed skaters will be recruited. Data of all injury along a whole season will be collected. Patients' information, including age, number of years playing, skill level and injured body part, will be analysed

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

COHORT

Time perspective

RETROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Being a speed skater and having competed in the 2018 spanish national championship

Exclusion criteria

* Being unable to understand the questionaire, do not accept on participating in the study.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
1.Injury prevalence	[Time Frame: January 2018-December 2018]	Injury prevalence rates \[Injury prevalence rates calculated per 1000 hours of play\]

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Injury burden	[Time Frame: January 2018-December 2018]	Days lost per 1000 hours of exposure
Injury prevalence according to occurrence	[Time Frame: January 2018-December 2018]	Number of injuries sustained during training/ Number of injuries sustained during a match (% of all)
Injury prevalence by mechanism of injury	[Time Frame: January 2018-December 2018]	Number of injuries according to the mechanism of injury (Contact (Direct or indirect) or Non-Contact) (% of all)
Injury prevalence according to location	[Time Frame: January 2018-December 2018]	Distribution of injuries according to location of the injury (on the body, % of all)
Injury prevalence according to tissue affected	[Time Frame: January 2018-December 2018]	Description of the distribution of injuries according to the type of the injury (muscle only) (% of all)

Countries

Spain

Outcome results