Analysis of Injury Risk Factors in Elite Athletes

NCT ID: NCT06906666

Last Updated: 2026-02-10

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Total Enrollment: 81 participants
• Study Classification: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2025-03-31
• Study Completion Date: 2025-05-15

Brief Summary

Background information. The different disciplines of athletics place high physical demands on athletes. These different categories of running vary in terms of physical effort and duration, generating different levels of risk of injury. The description of the main injuries that affect elite athletes in the different athletics disciplines, as well as the identification of the specific risk factors of each discipline, will allow the identification of preventive measures to be implemented.

Objective. To identify the risk factors for tendon injury in professional long- and middle-distance athletes, according to the type of event, and to identify the best predictive model for tendon injuries based on anthropometric and athletic variables.

Method. Ambispective cohort study. 81 elite athletes will be recruited. The primary variable will be the number of tendon injuries in the last three seasons. The secondary and modifying variables will be: age (in completed years), weekly training load (in minutes), type of footwear (sneakers without carbon plate, sneakers with carbon plate, spiked sneakers without carbon plate and spiked sneakers with carbon plate), diet (balanced, high in carbohydrates, high-protein, controlled hypocaloric and adapted to the training cycle) and the regular practice of another physical activity. The possible confounding variables will be the body mass index, the date of tendon injuries in that period and the time spent as a federated athlete (in completed months). The analysis will calculate the risk of injury in these athletes and assess the influence of confounding factors and trend analysis on the primary variable, stratified by possible confounding factors.

Expected results. To calculate the risk of injury in elite athletes based on anthropometric and sociodemographic variables. To identify the predictive model of tendon injuries in elite athletes

Conditions

Athletic Injuries

Study Design

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

Study Groups

Observacional group

Athletes sample

Intervention Type: OTHER

Elite athletes in whom the risk of injury will be calculated and the influence of confounding factors will be assessed through a personal interview.

Interventions

Athletes sample

Elite athletes in whom the risk of injury will be calculated and the influence of confounding factors will be assessed through a personal interview.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Other Intervention Names

Elite athletes group

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Elite federated athletes
• Who have not undergone previous musculoskeletal surgery in the seasons under study
• Who were federated at least one year before the study period
• Sign the informed consent document.

Exclusion Criteria

• Athletes who have not participated in competition, during the study seasons, for a period of more than 6 months due to a musculoskeletal injury

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 35 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

University of Oviedo

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Ruben Cuesta Barriuso

Principal Investigator

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Rubén Cuesta-Barriuso

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Universidad de Oviedo

Locations

University of Oviedo

Oviedo, Principality of Asturias, Spain

Countries

Spain

Other Identifiers

ATL-risk

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id