Musculoskeletal Injuries, Sports Performance, Sports Specialization, and Quality of Life in Young Athletes

NCT ID: NCT06325228

Last Updated: 2025-12-30

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

373 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2023-02-01

Study Completion Date

2025-12-20

Brief Summary

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The primary aim of this observational cohort study is to assess sports specialization, sports performance, history of injuries (prevalence, types, areas, duration) and quality of life in young healthy athletes aged 8-16 from Poland. Athlete profiles will be created based on the variables (explained in detailed description) examined. Furthermore, the investigators will perform one-year injury follow-up.

The main questions it aims to answer are:

* Do athletes with a specific profile (lower values in athletic performance tests, low values in quality of life) evaluated at one time point, suffer injury in the future in annual observation?
* Do athletes with high sports specialization will sustain injury in one-year follow-up?
* Does sports specialization have a relationship with sports performance tests, and quality of life?
* Does sport specialisation, training volume, geographical factor relate to injury history?
* Does sports specialisation, injury history differ between sports (individual and team sports)?
* Does value of the specific muscle (lower limb) isometric strength will be associated with the dynamic balance scores in young healthy athletes?

Detailed Description

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Recruited young healthy athletes (8-16 years-old) from sports schools, clubs, teams will invited to study. There will be performed assessment, which included:

* participant characteristics (age, biological age, gender, height, weight, body mass index, sports experience, training workload, sports specialization, history of injuries)
* sports performance (value of dynamic balance, isometric strength of lower limbs, functional movement patterns)
* quality of life and health assessment (EQ-5D-Y)
* geographical factor (Rural, Urban)
* Sports (Individual, Team)
* History of Injuries (Localization, Type)

One-year after meetings, there will be send questionaire and phone-call to participants and their coaches/parents in order to obtain information about injuries (location, type, time-loss, etc.).

Conditions

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Sport Injury Healthy Injury;Sports Quality of Life

Keywords

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Sports specialization Young Athletes Injury prevention Sports performance

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

CROSS_SECTIONAL

Study Groups

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Young Athletes

300 young athletes (boys and girls, 9 - 16 years-old) from clubs, teams, associations, sports classes of various disciplines in the Pomeranian Voivodeship

No interventions assigned to this group

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Healthy (without injury, pain, or symptoms)
* Participation in sports activities (minimum 6 months)
* Age of 8 to 16 years-old
* Agreement to participation from parent/guardian

Exclusion Criteria

* pain or other symptoms related during study
* lower extremity or trunk surgery in the last 6 months
* lack of medical approval for participation in sports games
Minimum Eligible Age

8 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

16 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Ministry of Science and Higher Education, Poland

OTHER_GOV

Sponsor Role collaborator

Medical University of Gdansk

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Bartosz Wilczyński

Principal Investigator

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Bartosz Wilczyński, phD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Department of Immunobiology and Environment Microbiology, Medical University of Gdańsk

Locations

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Department of Immunobiology and Environment Microbiology, Medical University of Gdańsk

Gdansk, , Poland

Site Status

Countries

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Poland

References

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Wilczynski B, Radziminski L, Sobierajska-Rek A, de Tillier K, Bracha J, Zorena K. Biological Maturation Predicts Dynamic Balance and Lower Limb Power in Young Football Players. Biology (Basel). 2022 Aug 3;11(8):1167. doi: 10.3390/biology11081167.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 36009793 (View on PubMed)

Wilczynski B, Radziminski L, Sobierajska-Rek A, Zorena K. Association between Selected Screening Tests and Knee Alignment in Single-Leg Tasks among Young Football Players. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 May 31;19(11):6719. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19116719.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 35682301 (View on PubMed)

Bruzda R, Wilczynski B, Zorena K. Knee function and quality of life in adolescent soccer players with Osgood Shlatter disease history: a preliminary study. Sci Rep. 2023 Nov 6;13(1):19200. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-46537-7.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 37932373 (View on PubMed)

Wilczynski B, Hinca J, Slezak D, Zorena K. The Relationship between Dynamic Balance and Jumping Tests among Adolescent Amateur Rugby Players. A Preliminary Study. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Jan 4;18(1):312. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18010312.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 33406658 (View on PubMed)

Wilczynski B, Buler J, Buler RL, Grochowski ML, Puchalski B, Zorena K. Strength and balance asymmetries in children and adolescents: comparison between single- and multi-sport participants. BMC Sports Sci Med Rehabil. 2025 Nov 27;17(1):358. doi: 10.1186/s13102-025-01420-y.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 41310813 (View on PubMed)

Provided Documents

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Document Type: Informed Consent Form

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Other Identifiers

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SONP/SP/549693/2022

Identifier Type: OTHER_GRANT

Identifier Source: secondary_id

NKBBN/241/2023

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id