The Effect of a Behavioural Intervention on Injury Prevention Program Adherence in Female Youth Soccer

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

214 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2013-03-31

Study Completion Date

2014-09-30

Brief Summary

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Soccer accounts for more than 10% of all sport injuries in youth requiring medical attention. The injury rates in youth soccer where there is no established injury prevention program are estimated at 22-30 injuries/100 participants/year, or 3.4-5.6 injuries/1000 participation hours. Risk reductions ranging from 32-43% have been found for youth players participating in neuromuscular training programs, such as the FIFA 11+, that include agility, balance training, and strengthening components. Although studies have shown that the FIFA 11+ is effective at reducing injuries, there is poor uptake of the program in the youth soccer community. It is therefore important to develop ways of delivering the program to soccer coaches and players in order to maximize its protective benefit. The Health Action Process Approach (HAPA) is a behavior change theory that has been used to successfully predict the uptake of health behaviours in a number of populations, such as cancer screening and exercise, but has not been tested in sport injury prevention settings.

The primary objective of this study is to examine the effect of a HAPA-based coach education intervention on adherence to the FIFA 11+ in a group of female youth soccer players over the course of one outdoor and one indoor season. The secondary objective is to examine the dose-response relationship between program adherence and injury, comparing program adherence and injury rates in outdoor and indoor soccer. Our hypothesis is that teams whose coaches receive a HAPA-based intervention will have greater adherence to the program than teams whose coaches do not receive the intervention, and that that injury incidence will decrease as adherence to the program increases. It is expected that program adherence will be lower and injury rates will be higher in indoor soccer compared to outdoor soccer.

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Detailed Description

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The first wave of 16 teams will be recruited in spring 2013, and will be followed through the 2013 outdoor season, followed by the 2013-2014 indoor season. The second wave of 16 teams will be recruited in fall 2013, and will be followed through the 2013-2014 indoor season, followed by the 2014 outdoor season.

Conditions

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Sport Injury

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Participants

Study Groups

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HAPA intervention

Coaches will receive a 3.5 hour HAPA-based coach education workshop prior to the start of the first study season.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

HAPA-based coach education workshop

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

A 3.5 hour workshop will target HAPA constructs by providing injury risk information (risk perceptions), FIFA 11+ effectiveness evidence (outcome expectancies), and hands-on experience administering the 11+ program to a soccer team (task self-efficacy). Action planning and coping planning exercises will also be conducted.

Attention control

Coaches will receive a 3.5 hour workshop prior to the start of the first study season, consisting of innocuous sport nutrition and sport psychology information as an attention control.

Group Type PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

placebo attention control

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Interventions

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HAPA-based coach education workshop

A 3.5 hour workshop will target HAPA constructs by providing injury risk information (risk perceptions), FIFA 11+ effectiveness evidence (outcome expectancies), and hands-on experience administering the 11+ program to a soccer team (task self-efficacy). Action planning and coping planning exercises will also be conducted.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

placebo attention control

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* 14 or U-16 female soccer team competing in a Calgary Minor Soccer Association league at the commencement of the 2013 outdoor season and/or the 2013-2014 indoor season and/or the 2014 outdoor season
* Female youth soccer player (ages 13 to 16 years) participating on a Calgary Minor Soccer Association Club team at the commencement of the 2013 outdoor season and/or the 2013-2014 indoor season and/or the 2014 outdoor season in a U14 or U16 league

Exclusion Criteria

* Coach who has used the 11+ with a team he/she has previously coached
* Player with recent (within 6 weeks) history of back or lower extremity injury requiring medical attention or the inability to participate in soccer for at least one day and preventing the player from participating fully at the commencement of the 2013 outdoor season and/or the 2013-2014 indoor season and/or the 2014 outdoor season
* Player with a history of systemic disease (e.g. cancer, arthritis, heart disease) or neurological disorder (i.e. head injury, cerebral palsy), preventing the ability to participate fully at the commencement of the 2013 outdoor season and/or the 2013-2014 indoor season and/or the 2014 outdoor season.

Minimum Eligible Age

11 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

16 Years

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No