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NCT Number: NCT00894595

Preventing Knee Injuries in Adolescent Female Football Players

Football-related knee injuries are common and especially the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury constitute a serious problem in football regardless of the playing level. The purpose of this study is to conduct a randomized controlled trial evaluating the effect of a training program designed to prevent acute knee injury in female adolescent football players.

The investigators' hypotheses are:

1. a preventive training program reduces the incidence of ACL injury, and 2. a high match frequency and match play at senior level increase the risk of ACL injury.

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Key information

Conditions

Knee Injury Knee Injuries Leg Injuries Wounds and Injuries

Age range

13 year–17 year

Sex eligibility

Female

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Department of Medical and Health Sciences, Linköping University

Linköping, 581 83, Sweden

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Teams with female football players aged 13-17 years

Exclusion criteria

  • Teams that did not reply to the invitation or declined participation
  • Teams having less than two scheduled training sessions per week
  • Teams already using the preventive program

Treatment and study plan

Knäkontroll, SISU Idrottsböcker©, Sweden, 2005

Behavioral

The preventive program (Knäkontroll, SISU Idrottsböcker©, Sweden, 2005) consists of six exercises focusing on knee control and core stability and is performed during the warm-up at two training sessions per week throughout the 2009 competitive season.

Primary outcomes

  1. The incidence of ACL injury

    Time frame: One competitive football season

Secondary outcomes

  1. The incidence of any acute knee injury except contusion

    Time frame: One competitive football season

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Region Skane

Other

Collaborators

  • Folksam
  • Swedish Football Association
  • Swedish National Centre for Research in Sports

Registry information

Official study title

Preventing Knee Injuries in Adolescent Female Football Players - Protocol of a Cluster-randomized Controlled Trial

Important dates

Study start
2008
Primary completion
2010
Study completion
2010
First posted
May 7, 2009
Registry last updated
Jan 4, 2011

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