Prevention of Injury in Military Settings Through the Use of Body Awareness.

NCT ID: NCT05451394

Last Updated: 2022-07-11

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: UNKNOWN
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 400 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2021-10-17
• Study Completion Date: 2023-07-31

Brief Summary

The POSITION project aims to investigate the cognitive mechanism of postural body awareness as a risk factor for injury and as a target for a primary prevention strategy based on the Resource Optimization of Armed Forces (ROAF) method.

Detailed Description

Physical activity and sport play an important role in the military environment to develop and optimize the operational capability of warfighters. Nevertheless, the prevalence of injuries is high and the identification of risk factors accessible to primary prevention measures is a major challenge for the protection of warfighter health. Military epidemiologic data show that the majority of injuries are acute fall-type injuries following a loss of balance. These data suggest that the quality of postural balance may influence the occurrence of injuries encountered during military physical activities. The high level of stress to which individuals are exposed during military physical activities could contribute to the degradation of postural balance quality. The POSITION project aims to study the cognitive mechanism of postural body awareness as a risk factor for injury and as a target for a primary prevention strategy based on the Resource Optimization of Armed Forces (ROAF) method. ROAF could improve postural control and decrease the intensity of the psychobiological stress response, and thus reduce the incidence rate of fall injuries occurring during military physical activities.

Conditions

Traumatic Injury

Study Design

• Allocation Method: NON_RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: SEQUENTIAL
• Primary Study Purpose: PREVENTION
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

ROAF Arm

6 one-hour workshops working on enhancing postural awareness through the use of ROAF

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

ROAF

Intervention Type: OTHER

Use of the method "Ressource Optimisation of Armed Forces (ROAF). 6 one-hour workshops

Active control

6 one-hour workshops on higher cognitive processes (memory, attention...)

Group Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Active Comparator

Intervention Type: OTHER

6 one-hour workshops on cognitive process

Interventions

ROAF

Use of the method "Ressource Optimisation of Armed Forces (ROAF). 6 one-hour workshops

Intervention Type: OTHER

Active Comparator

6 one-hour workshops on cognitive process

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Signing an informed consent to participate in the study
• enrolled in the selection camp
• Be affiliated to a Social Security system

Exclusion Criteria

• advanced ROAF formation (over 10 hours)
• Refusal to participate
• Person covered by articles L1121-5 to L1121-8 of the public health code, namely

• Pregnant women, women in labour or nursing mothers,
• person deprived of liberty by judicial or administrative decision,
• persons subject to psychiatric monitoring under Articles L3112-1 and L3113-1 who are not covered by the provisions of Article L1121-8,
• adult persons who are subject to a legal protection measure or who are unable to express their consent.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Direction Centrale du Service de Santé des Armées

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Locations

French Army

Paris, , France

Site Status: RECRUITING

Countries

France

Central Contacts

Anais DUFFAUD, PhD

Role: CONTACT

anaisduffaud1@gmail.com

0618942117

Charles Verdonk, MD, PhD

Role: CONTACT

Facility Contacts

Anaïs Duffaud

Role: primary

0618942117

References

Obligi L, Bertrand M, Boivent M, Corcostegui SP, Coz PE, Derkenne C, Des Robert V, Hurpin V, Hus J, L'Hermitte B, Lely L, Patey E, Romary E, Saint-Jean L, Trente A, Turpin M, Vertu N, Verdonk C, Duffaud AM. Position: A study protocol for the prevention of fall injuries in french special forces selection courses using a body-centered intervention. PLoS One. 2023 Oct 4;18(10):e0290241. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0290241. eCollection 2023.

Reference Type: DERIVED

PMID: 37792797 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

2020PBMD04

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id