Running Related Injury Among Novice Runners

NCT ID: NCT02014987

Last Updated: 2015-04-10

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

EARLY_PHASE1

Total Enrollment

160 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2013-07-31

Study Completion Date

2016-01-31

Brief Summary

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About 31% of the Danish population participates regularly in running. The positive health benefits of running have been well documented in the literature. Unfortunately, running has been connected with a high risk of injuries.

Running related injuries can cause a long rehabilitation and may even force the runner to quit running permanently. To ensure that running can be practiced as a safe exercise activity prevention must be considered.

Detailed Description

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Training errors (i.e. excessive volume, sudden change of training routines etc.) are held to be the main reasons to running related injuries. Fortunately, training errors can be avoided as training characteristics (distance, duration, pace) can be controlled by the runner.

In order to avoiding training errors, especially excessive volume many novice runners follow 0-5 kilometres type training programmes. However, limited research has been conducted on the training volume of beginner programs and the risk of running related injuries.

The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between the running volume the first 4 weeks of a running regime and the risk of running related injuries among novice runners. The relationship between running volume and running related injuries will be investigated in proportion to their body mass index (BMI).

Conditions

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Treatment Error Overuse Injury

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NA

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Running training programmes

Runners with a high body mass index are going to follow a training programme of 3 kilometres per week compared to a training programme of 6 kilometres per week.

The amount of running will be increased with 10 % per week.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Training programmes

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Runners with a high body mass index follow two types of training programmes:

1. a running programme of 3 kilometres per week
2. a running programme 6 kilometres per week

The amount of running will be increased with 10 % per week.

Interventions

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Training programmes

Runners with a high body mass index follow two types of training programmes:

1. a running programme of 3 kilometres per week
2. a running programme 6 kilometres per week

The amount of running will be increased with 10 % per week.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* both gender between 16-65 years
* no running-training within the last year
* less than 20 hours of sports activity within the last year (in total)
* internet access and mail address
* body mass index between 18.5 - 25 or 30-35
* owns a pair of running shoes

Exclusion Criteria

* do not want to use a GPS watch
* unable or unwilling to follow the running regime in 4 consecutive weeks
* previous injury in lower extremity within the last 2 years
* unable to read or understand Danish
* former heart surgery
* known heart surgery
* known lung disease
* diabetes
* current pregnancy
* known tendency to shortness of breath or chest pain with activity
* known tendency to leg pain when walking long distances
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

65 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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University of Aarhus

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Northern Orthopaedic Division, Denmark

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Michael L. Bertelsen, PT

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Department of Publich Health, Aarhus University

Sten Rasmussen, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Northern Orthopaedic Division, Aalborg University Hospital

Locations

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Sten Rasmussen

Aalborg, Northern Jutland, Denmark

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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Denmark

Central Contacts

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Sten Rasmussen, MD

Role: CONTACT

Michael L. Bertelsen, PT

Role: CONTACT

Facility Contacts

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Sten Rasmussen, MD

Role: primary

Michael Bertelsen, PT

Role: backup

Other Identifiers

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N-20130035

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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