Preventing Knee Injuries in Adolescent Female Football Players

NCT ID: NCT00894595

Last Updated: 2011-01-04

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

4564 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2008-08-31

Study Completion Date

2010-10-31

Brief Summary

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Football-related knee injuries are common and especially the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury constitute a serious problem in football regardless of the playing level. The purpose of this study is to conduct a randomized controlled trial evaluating the effect of a training program designed to prevent acute knee injury in female adolescent football players.

The investigators' hypotheses are:

1. a preventive training program reduces the incidence of ACL injury, and
2. a high match frequency and match play at senior level increase the risk of ACL injury.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Knee Injury

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Intervention group

The clubs in the intervention group are instructed to perform a warm-up program at two training sessions per week throughout the entire 2009 competitive season.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Knäkontroll, SISU Idrottsböcker©, Sweden, 2005

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The preventive program (Knäkontroll, SISU Idrottsböcker©, Sweden, 2005) consists of six exercises focusing on knee control and core stability and is performed during the warm-up at two training sessions per week throughout the 2009 competitive season.

Control group

The clubs in the control group are instructed to train and play as usual throughout the 2009 season

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Knäkontroll, SISU Idrottsböcker©, Sweden, 2005

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The preventive program (Knäkontroll, SISU Idrottsböcker©, Sweden, 2005) consists of six exercises focusing on knee control and core stability and is performed during the warm-up at two training sessions per week throughout the 2009 competitive season.

Interventions

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Knäkontroll, SISU Idrottsböcker©, Sweden, 2005

The preventive program (Knäkontroll, SISU Idrottsböcker©, Sweden, 2005) consists of six exercises focusing on knee control and core stability and is performed during the warm-up at two training sessions per week throughout the 2009 competitive season.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Teams with female football players aged 13-17 years

Exclusion Criteria

* Teams that did not reply to the invitation or declined participation
* Teams having less than two scheduled training sessions per week
* Teams already using the preventive program
Minimum Eligible Age

13 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

17 Years

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Swedish Football Association

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

Folksam

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Swedish National Centre for Research in Sports

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

Region Skane

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Linköping University

Principal Investigators

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Markus Waldén, MD, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Linkoeping University

Locations

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Department of Medical and Health Sciences, Linköping University

Linköping, , Sweden

Site Status

Countries

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Sweden

References

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Walden M, Atroshi I, Magnusson H, Wagner P, Hagglund M. Prevention of acute knee injuries in adolescent female football players: cluster randomised controlled trial. BMJ. 2012 May 3;344:e3042. doi: 10.1136/bmj.e3042.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 22556050 (View on PubMed)

Hagglund M, Walden M, Atroshi I. Preventing knee injuries in adolescent female football players - design of a cluster randomized controlled trial [NCT00894595]. BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2009 Jun 23;10:75. doi: 10.1186/1471-2474-10-75.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 19545453 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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M197-08

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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