Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries
Conditions
Brief summary
This study aims to investigate if a detailed and comprehensive survey can identify, explain and prevent the risk factors for ACL injury. A a new questionnaire has been developed with questions to young athletes who have suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury. The questionnaire is more detailed and provide more information about how the anterior cruciate ligament injury occurred compared with the questionnaires currently available in the literature. This careful documentation will provide new knowledge and might be used to identify, explain and prevent risk factors that cause young athletes to suffer an anterior cruciate ligament injury.
Detailed description
Participants will be prospectively recruited at their first physiotherapist clinical session. On this occasion, participants will be asked to fill in a questionnaire regarding injury situation, game or training, sex, age, sport affiliation, level of sport, other aspects of sport such as participation in several teams and junior versus senior games/training. In addition, questions regarding previous injury will also be documented.
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Kalmar County Hospital
Linnaeus University
Study design
Observational model
CASE_ONLY
Time perspective
CROSS_SECTIONAL
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
12 Years to 55 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Athlete * Defined ACL injury
Exclusion criteria
* Non athletes * Younger than 12 years
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Total work load | Day 1 | Total hours, per week, of practice and games. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Injury situation 1 | Day 1 | Question regarding when the injury occurred; training vs game. |
| Injury situation 2 | Day 1 | Question regarding at what situation the injury occurred (e.g. jump, landing, header duel, defense, attack...) |
| Injury situation 3 | Day 1 | Question regarding at what time, during a game, the injury occurred; approximate match minute |
| Number of teams | Day 1 | In team athletes, the number of teams in which the athlete participates. |
| Mental wellbeing | Day 1 | Mental well-being is assessed with a likert scale ranging from 1-5 where '1' represents 'out of shape' while '5' represents that you felt 'in top shape'. |
| Previous injury | Day 1 | Description of previous injury prior to the ACL injury, such as other injuries to lower extremity or concussion. |
| Physical well-being | Day 1 | Physical well-being is assessed with a likert scale ranging from 1-5 where '1' represents 'out of shape' while '5' represents that you felt 'in top shape'. |
Countries
Sweden
Outcome results
None listed