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NCT Number: NCT07179393

Evaluating the Efficacy of a Ladies Gaelic Football-Specific Injury Prevention Programme

The aim of this research is to evaluate the impact of an injury prevention programme on injury risk factors and performance outcomes in Ladies Gaelic Football players. This injury prevention programme was designed with input from Ladies Gaelic football stakeholders and experts and this study will determine if this programme reduces injury risk and improves physical performance over time. Participants will complete physical performance tests before and after the intervention, which consists of incorporating the injury prevention programme into regular team training sessions for 12 weeks. The study will also integrate a qualitative component to assess player's perceptions of the programme and their willingness to implement it.

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Key information

Conditions

Injury Physical Performances Wounds and Injuries

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Dublin City University

Dublin, Ireland

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Current Ladies Gaelic Football player competing at adult or minor level from teams consenting to participate in the trial

Exclusion criteria

  • Players with a current injury preventing full training participation

Treatment and study plan

Ladies Gaelic Football-Specific Injury Prevention Programme

Behavioral

This intervention is an injury prevention programme designed with input from Ladies Gaelic football stakeholders (players and coaches) as well as experienced athletic therapy and physiotherapy practitioners and academics from the disciplines of injury prevention and coaching science.

Primary outcomes

  1. Change in Y-Balance Composite Score

    Time frame: 12 weeks

    Change from pre-testing to post-testing in Ladies Gaelic Football players Y-Balance Composite Score. The Y-Balance Composite Score is a single percentage value from the Y-Balance Test indicating overall stability. Lower scores suggest greater injury risk and higher composite scores suggest less injury risk.

  2. Change in 20 Metre Sprint Time

    Time frame: 12 weeks

    Change in Ladies Gaelic Football players' 20 metre sprint times from pre-testing to post-testing. Lower time is better.

  3. Change in 505 Agility Test Time

    Time frame: 12 weeks

    Change in Ladies Gaelic Football players' 505 Agility Test Time from pre-testing to post-testing. Lower time is better.

  4. Change in Landing Error Scoring System Score

    Time frame: 12 weeks

    Change in Ladies Gaelic Football players' Landing Error Scoring System scores from pre-testing to post-testing. Lower score is better. The minimum possible score is 0 (indicating excellent, low-risk performance), and the maximum possible score is 19 (indicating poor, high-risk performance).

  5. Change in Isometric Hamstring Strength (Maximal Force)

    Time frame: 12 weeks

    Change in Ladies Gaelic Football Isometric Hamstring Strength (Maximal Force) from pre-testing to post-testing as measured by the VALD ForceFrame. Greater Newtons of force is better.

  6. Change in Power Output (measured via a Countermovement Jump)

    Time frame: 12 weeks

    Change in Ladies Gaelic Football players' Power Output (measured via a Countermovement Jump) as measured by the VALD ForceDecks. Greater power output (Watts) is better.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Number of sports-related injuries suffered during the intervention period relative to match hours and training hours (injury incidence)

    Time frame: 12 weeks

    Difference between the control group and intervention group in terms of the number of sports-related injuries suffered during the intervention period relative to match hours and training hours completed by each group

  2. Player/Coach perceptions of the programme and willingness to implement it

    Time frame: 12 weeks

    Interview/Focus groups following the intervention period will assess how players and coaches in the intervention group perceive the injury prevention programme and their willingness to implement it in the future.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Dublin City University

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Registry information

Official study title

Evaluating the Efficacy of a Ladies Gaelic Football-Specific Injury Prevention Programme: A Cluster Randomised Trial

Important dates

Study start
2025
Primary completion
2025
Study completion
2025
First posted
Sep 17, 2025
Registry last updated
Dec 26, 2025

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