Preventing Injuries in Young Football Players

Football is the most popular sport in the world, with 260 million male and female active participants, including ~113,000 FIFA registered professional players. Playing football is fun and can provide many health benefits, however, it also presents a high injury risk. Studies on elite and non-elite footballers have reported similar injury rates in both genders. The most common football-related injuries are the knee and ankle ligament and thigh muscle strains, Over the past two decades, significant advancement has been made in the field of injury prevention in football. There are used trials to prevent specific injuries, as ankle sprain, ACL injuries, hamstring strains, etc. On the other hand, there are created programs designed to prevent a wider spectrum of injuries like FIFA11+.

Therefore, the aim of this study is to investigate the effect of a new injury prevention program on the overall injury incidence in young football players.

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Key information

Conditions

Injury Prevention

Age range

13 year–19 year

Sex eligibility

Male

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

University of Gjakova

Gjakova, Kosovo

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

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

Inclusion criteria

officially registered football club in the football federation of Kosovo players must be between 13-19 years old regular training must take place at least three times per week

Exclusion criteria

teams already using an injury prevention program injured players

Treatment and study plan

Injury prevention program

Other

The execution of the program takes 10-15 minutes. The program will be performed in the training sessions, after the usual warm-up.

The program is based on scientific evidence that has previously shown good efficacy on injury prevention in football. The exercise categories address 7 aspects:

Balance
Core stability
Hamstring eccentrics
Glute activation
Plyometrics
Running
Games The games are included with the aim to increase the attractiveness of the program.

Each category contains 2 exercises and the coach is free to decide which one to choose in every training session. All exercises are organized in five or six levels with increasing difficulty (physically and cognitively).

Primary outcomes

Overall injury rate

Time frame: up to 9 months

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Universität des Saarlandes

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Preventing Injuries in Young Football Players: a Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial

Important dates

Study start: 2021
Primary completion: 2022
Study completion: 2023
First posted: Nov 30, 2021
Registry last updated: Apr 20, 2023

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