The Effectiveness of a Coach-Focused Intervention on Preventing Knee Injuries in Amateur Football Players

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

320 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2025-02-23

Study Completion Date

2025-06-30

Brief Summary

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The goal of this clinical trial is to find out if a coach-focused intervention can help prevent sudden-onset, severe knee injuries in youth and senior amateur football players. The main question it aims to answer is:

Does a coach-focused intervention reduce the number of sudden-onset, severe knee injuries? Researchers will compare a coach-focused intervention, designed to help coaches to use effective injury prevention training, to usual football practice to see if the intervention can prevent sudden-onset, severe knee injuries in football players.

Participants will:

Either receive weekly information and motivation on effective injury prevention training or continue their usual football practice for 14 weeks.

All will receive a weekly text message with a survey link to report any sudden-onset knee injuries among their players for 18 weeks.

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Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Knee Injuries

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Injury prevention training

Evidence-based injury prevention training programs and exercises will be send weekly to participants in the intervention arm.

Additionally, participants in the intervention arm will be encouraged to access a study specific online platform containing information, inspiration, pep-talks and posters on injury prevention training.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

No interventions assigned to this group

Usual practice

Usual training

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Usual Practice

Intervention Type OTHER

Usual training

Interventions

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Ahead of the Game

Evidence-based injury prevention training programs and exercises will be send weekly to participants in the intervention arm.

Additionally, participants in the intervention arm will be encouraged to access a study specific online platform containing information, inspiration, pep-talks and posters on injury prevention training.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Usual Practice

Usual training

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

1. Coach or manager at Danish amateur football teams at levels from under 14 (U14) years to senior teams.
2. Minimum 18 years of age.
3. Access to a mobile phone and computer.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Limited Danish language skills, which prevents full understanding of the provided material and questionnaires.
2. Affiliation to teams playing under a license ranking by the Danish Football Association where training by a physical trainer is required according to the license criteria of the Danish Football Association).
3. Affiliation solely with old boys'/girls' teams (where the players have to be aged 32 and 29 , respectively, in the current season ).

Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes