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NCT Number: NCT04266925

Preventing Youth Soccer Injury

A study is proposed to test whether adding additional referees to youth soccer matches may reduce the risk of injury to the children playing soccer. Publicly-open youth soccer games will be randomly assigned to have either one or three referees and videotaped. The videotaped games will then be watched to record risk-taking behavior by players, referee decisions, and other factors relevant to potential injury.

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Key information

Conditions

Injuries Athletic Injuries Sports Injuries in Children Sports Injury Wounds and Injuries

Age range

8 year–11 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

UAB Youth Safety Lab, University of Alabama at Birmingham

Birmingham, Alabama, 35294, United States

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

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

Inclusion criteria

  • unit of measurement was youth soccer teams playing in Birmingham, Alabama area league

Exclusion criteria

  • teams serving children under age 9 or over age 11

Treatment and study plan

3 referees present

Behavioral

We compared player behavior with one versus three referees present on youth soccer fields during match play. The time between these two matches ranged from a few hours to several weeks.

1 referee present

Other

We compared player behavior with one versus three referees present on youth soccer fields during match play. The time between these two matches ranged from a few hours to several weeks.

Primary outcomes

  1. Average Number of Injuries During Soccer Matches

    Time frame: baseline through one hour, which is beginning of the game until the end of the game, averaged across games

    average number of injury events requiring player to leave the field or be attended by an adult, across all games in study

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Other

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2017
Primary completion
2017
Study completion
2017
First posted
Feb 12, 2020
Registry last updated
May 20, 2020

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