Pilot Study of a Tailored Model for Implementation of Injury Prevention Training in Youth Handball (the I-PROTECT Model)
NCT ID: NCT05304507
Last Updated: 2023-11-29
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Basic Information
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COMPLETED
NA
597 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2022-03-07
2022-12-31
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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This is a non-randomized pilot study included in the "Implementing injury Prevention training ROutines in TEams and Clubs in youth Team handball (I-PROTECT)" project. The overall aim of I-PROTECT is to achieve wide-spread, sustained and high-fidelity use of evidence-based injury prevention training in youth handball through behavior change at multiple levels within the sports delivery system (individual and organizational levels). The I-PROTECT model is evidence-based, theory-informed, and context-specific injury prevention training specifically tailored for youth handball players, incorporating physical and psychological components and an associated implementation strategy. The process of developing the I-PROTECT model has been described.
In a prospective single-case study (ClinicalTrials.gov registration number: NCT04481958), the I-PROTECT model was implemented and tested in all youth teams (n=19) of two clubs during the 2020/2021 handball season. Due to Covid pandemic restrictions, handball training was only performed for about 2 months, thus, affecting intervention implementation and data collection. To further evaluate, develop, and finalize the I-PROTECT model, we will in the current study conduct pilot testing in clubs not involved in developing the model, before testing the model in a larger scale study.
Two clubs in Sweden offering handball for youth players will be recruited by convenience sampling. One club will use the I-PROTECT model (experimental) and one club will use current practice (control). Intervention will be approx. 6 weeks. Data will be collected among stakeholders (players, coaches, club administrators, caregivers) before, during and after the intervention. Parametric, or non-parametric, tests will be used as appropriate for main and secondary outcomes. Data will be used to calculate sample size in the main outcome for a larger scale study as well as to assess implementation determinants.
Conditions
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Study Design
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NON_RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
PREVENTION
SINGLE
Study Groups
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I-PROTECT model
The I-PROTECT model is an end-user-driven intervention including evidence-based, theory-informed, and context-specific injury prevention training for youth handball, and an associated implementation strategy.
I-PROTECT model
The I-PROTECT model is based on existing research and knowledge of experts in sport medicine, sport psychology and implementation science, with the involvement of end-users throughout the process. The interdisciplinary intervention includes exercises based on physical and psychological principles of effective injury prevention training, specifically tailored for youth handball players, and support for developing a continuous implementation strategy. The intervention is delivered through a mobile application specifically developed for the I-PROTECT project (the I-PROTECT GO), including coach, player, club administrator, and caregiver modules. Coaches are introduced to the intervention in a workshop, and they will conduct the exercises with their teams during handball practice. Players will have support for conducting exercises on their own, and club administrators for developing an implementation strategy. Caregivers will have tailored information about injury prevention training.
Control group
Youth coaches in the control group club will be asked to use injury prevention training available in the coach education material ("Ready for handball"), i.e., current practice in Sweden.
Control group
Youth coaches in the control group club will be asked to use injury prevention training available in the coach education material ("Ready for handball"), i.e., current practice in Sweden.
Interventions
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I-PROTECT model
The I-PROTECT model is based on existing research and knowledge of experts in sport medicine, sport psychology and implementation science, with the involvement of end-users throughout the process. The interdisciplinary intervention includes exercises based on physical and psychological principles of effective injury prevention training, specifically tailored for youth handball players, and support for developing a continuous implementation strategy. The intervention is delivered through a mobile application specifically developed for the I-PROTECT project (the I-PROTECT GO), including coach, player, club administrator, and caregiver modules. Coaches are introduced to the intervention in a workshop, and they will conduct the exercises with their teams during handball practice. Players will have support for conducting exercises on their own, and club administrators for developing an implementation strategy. Caregivers will have tailored information about injury prevention training.
Control group
Youth coaches in the control group club will be asked to use injury prevention training available in the coach education material ("Ready for handball"), i.e., current practice in Sweden.
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* Coaches: leading ≥1 training session/week
* Caregivers: directly associated with the eligible players
* Club administrators: engagement in the issues of sports injury, coach education or policy development for youth players
Exclusion Criteria
13 Years
ALL
Yes
Sponsors
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Lund University
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Principal Investigators
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Eva Ageberg, PhD, Prof
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Lund University
Locations
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Eva Ageberg
Lund, , Sweden
Countries
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References
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Ageberg E, Bunke S, Nilsen P, Donaldson A. Planning injury prevention training for youth handball players: application of the generalisable six-step intervention development process. Inj Prev. 2020 Apr;26(2):164-169. doi: 10.1136/injuryprev-2019-043468. Epub 2020 Feb 4.
Other Identifiers
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2014/713
Identifier Type: OTHER
Identifier Source: secondary_id
2020-02952
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id