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NCT Number: NCT04748718

Serial Movement Assessment in Collegiate Athletes Who Perform Injury Prevention Training

Athletic injury can result in decreased athletic performance or removal from sport participation. There may also be psychological and financial impacts of athletic injury. Additionally, there can be long-term consequences, such as increased risk of subsequent injury or arthritis. Therefore, determining ways to prevent athletic injury from occurring is critical. Movement quality during sport is related to injury risk. Athletes who move poorly are generally at increased risk of injury compared to athletes who move well. Movement quality can be improved through exercise-based injury prevention training, thereby decreasing injury risk. This purposed of this study is to evaluate movement quality multiple times over the course of an athletic season in collegiate athletes who perform injury prevention training. The hypothesis is that movement quality will improve over the course of an athletic season.

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Key information

Conditions

Injury Leg Ankle Injuries Athletic Injuries Injury, Ankle Injury, Knee Injury;Sports Knee Injuries Leg Injuries Wounds and Injuries

Age range

18 year–24 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Northern Vermont University

Johnson, Vermont, 05665, United States

About this study

Neuromuscular control, or quality of movement, during sport is related to injury risk. Athletes who move poorly are generally at increased risk of injury compared to athletes who move well. Neuromuscular control can be improved through exercise-based injury prevention training (called preventive training programs, or PTPs), thereby decreasing injury risk. Neuromuscular control is dynamic and therefore should be evaluated regularly; however, no study has serially evaluated neuromuscular control in athletes who perform PTPs. The overall objective of the proposed study is to longitudinally evaluate multiple aspects of neuromuscular control (i.e., movement quality, balance) across several time points during a single athletic season in collegiate athletes who perform PTPs. Therefore, two specific aims are proposed: Specific Aim 1: Evaluate neuromuscular control at multiple time points during an athletic season in collegiate athletes who perform PTPs. Specific Aim 2: Evaluate multiple measures of neuromuscular control over the course of an athletic season in collegiate athletes who perform PTPs. A field-based, experimental, cohort study will be used to address both specific aims. Subjects will be recruited from NCAA-Division III men's and women's soccer, volleyball and basketball teams. Neuromuscular control will be assessed four times during the athletic season using the Landing Error Scoring System (LESS), the Balance Error Scoring System (BESS), and the Star Excursion Balance Test (SEBT). The LESS evaluates movement quality, while the BESS and the SEBT evaluate static and dynamic balance, respectively. Subjects will perform PTPs for about 10 minutes/day, at least 4 days/week.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

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

Inclusion criteria

  • National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) Division III Athlete
  • Coach and athletic trainer elect to receive injury prevention services
  • Ages 18-24

Exclusion criteria

-Does not participate on NCAA Division III Athletic Team

Treatment and study plan

Exercise-based injury prevention program

Other

~10-minute, 4+ times/week exercise-based injury prevention program. Includes flexibility, strengthening, balance, agility and plyometric exercises.

Primary outcomes

  1. Landing Error Scoring System (LESS) Score

    Time frame: assessing change over 3 timepoints: baseline (week 0), midseason (weeks 4-6), end-of-season (weeks 10-12)

    number of errors; scale is 0-17; lower score indicates better outcome

  2. Balance Error Scoring System (BESS) Score

    Time frame: assessing change over 3 timepoints: baseline (week 0), midseason (weeks 4-6), end-of-season (weeks 10-12)

    number of errors; scale is 0-60; higher score indicates worse outcome

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Northern Vermont University

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Registry information

Official study title

Serial Movement Assessment in Athletes Who Perform Injury Prevention Training

Important dates

Study start
2021
Primary completion
2022
Study completion
2022
First posted
Feb 10, 2021
Registry last updated
Apr 1, 2024

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