Injuries in Swedish Youth Athletics. The KLUB-study.

NCT ID: NCT02882867

Last Updated: 2018-08-08

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Total Enrollment: 150 participants
• Study Classification: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2016-11-30
• Study Completion Date: 2017-12-31

Brief Summary

It is well known that participation in sports activities as a youth has several health benefits, but at the same time, studies report that the risk is high to obtain injuries related to participation. There is, however, increasing evidence that many of these injuries can be prevented if necessary measures are taken. Prospective studies are therefore needed to be able to plan and carry out measures to prevent the occurrence of injuries. The overall aim of the project KLUB is to study the prevalence and incidence of injuries among athletics youths aged 12-15 years. A particular focus will be placed on identifying factors associated with injury occurrence.

Detailed Description

It is well known that participation in sports activities as a youth has several health benefits, but at the same time, studies report that the risk is high to obtain injuries related to participation. There is, however, increasing evidence that many of these injuries can be prevented if necessary measures are taken. So far, most studies examining sports injuries have been conducted on adult elite and among team sports, for example football, ice hockey and bandy. How injury patterns present in individual sports and among youth is not as well documented. A major problem in athletics is that studies have shown an almost identical prevalence and incidence of injury associated with athletics among both young and adult athletes.

Today there are very few published studies on international incidence of injuries among adolescent athletes in athletics and no describing the incidence in Swedish Athletics. These studies have different study design, definitions of injury and rather small groups of athletes, making it difficult to draw conclusions that can be the basis for prevention programs. What after all can be inferred from these previous studies is that injuries related to overuse seems to be most prevalent. Prospective studies are therefore needed to be able to plan and carry out measures to prevent the occurrence of injuries. We intend to carry out an intervention study among athletics youths aged 12-15 years. Before this is carried out, the investigators need to have adequate knowledge of the study population for the effective implementation of the intervention study.

The overall aim of the project KLUB is to study the prevalence and incidence of injuries among athletics youths aged 12-15 years. A particular focus will be placed on identifying factors associated with injury occurrence. The knowledge obtained will be used to allow for injury prevention in the future.

Conditions

Athletics Injuries

Study Design

• Observational Model Type: COHORT
• Study Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE

Interventions

Injuries in Swedish Youth Athletics. The KLUB-study.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Age 12-15 years
• Regularly participate in organized athletics training

Exclusion Criteria

-

• Minimum Eligible Age: 12 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 15 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Linkoeping University

OTHER_GOV

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Jenny Jacobsson, PhD

PhD

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

Swedish Athletics

Stockholm, , Sweden

Countries

Sweden

References

Jacobsson J, Timpka T, Ekberg J, Kowalski J, Nilsson S, Renstrom P. Design of a protocol for large-scale epidemiological studies in individual sports: the Swedish Athletics injury study. Br J Sports Med. 2010 Dec;44(15):1106-11. doi: 10.1136/bjsm.2009.067678. Epub 2010 May 19.

Reference Type: BACKGROUND

PMID: 20484318 (View on PubMed)

Timpka T, Alonso JM, Jacobsson J, Junge A, Branco P, Clarsen B, Kowalski J, Mountjoy M, Nilsson S, Pluim B, Renstrom P, Ronsen O, Steffen K, Edouard P. Injury and illness definitions and data collection procedures for use in epidemiological studies in Athletics (track and field): consensus statement. Br J Sports Med. 2014 Apr;48(7):483-90. doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2013-093241.

Reference Type: BACKGROUND

PMID: 24620036 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

Dnr 2016/175-31

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id