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NCT Number: NCT03309904

Sport Without Injury ProgrammE Floorball

This study evaluates the preventive effect of a neuromuscular training program on injuries in youth floorball players. Half of participants will receive the training program, and half act as control and perform their usual training practices.

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Key information

Conditions

Athletic Injuries Wounds and Injuries

Age range

12 year–17 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Linköping University

Linköping, 58183, Sweden

About this study

The study is a cluster-randomized controlled trial including male and female youth (12-17 years) floorball players. Club is used as cluster unit.

Coaches in the intervention group receive education of the preventive neuromuscular training program Knee Control (Knäkontroll) before the start of the season. Knee Control consists of 6 different exercises, with 4 different variations and 1 pair-exercise, and takes about 10 minutes to complete. In addition, coaches are instructed to perform a 5-minute running warm-up before the Knee Control exercises. Teams are to carry out the intervention at all training sessions, and the 5-minute warm-up also before all matches.

Coaches in the control group carry on their normal training and warm-up routines with their clubs.

Teams are followed for one full season: October 2017 - March 2018. Data registered for the study include exposure to floorball training and matches, and injuries that occur as a result of participation in floorball.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Teams with players 12-17 years of age (born 2000-2005)
  • Teams who have not used a structured training program aiming to prevent injuries (the Knee Control or similar program) on a regular basis the last year
  • Teams who have training at least twice per week

Exclusion criteria

-

Treatment and study plan

Knee Control training program

Other

10-minute training program to be performed at all team training sessions during the season.

Primary outcomes

  1. All physical complaints injury

    Time frame: Study start up to end of season (6 months)

    Any floorball related injury regardless of need of care or absence from floorball training or matches ("all physical complaints" injury definition)

Secondary outcomes

  1. Time-loss injury

    Time frame: Study start up to end of season (6 months)

    Floorball related injury causing absence from the next training or match with the team ("time-loss injury")

  2. Medical attention injury

    Time frame: Study start up to end of season (6 months)

    Floorball related injury requiring the player to seek care ("medical attention injury")

  3. Adverse events

    Time frame: Study start up to end of season (6 months)

    Adverse events of using the program (intervention group only)

  4. Intervention compliance and fidelity

    Time frame: Study start up to end of season (6 months)

    Coach reported compliance and fidelity with the program protocol (intervention group only)

  5. Coach experience of injuries and intervention program

    Time frame: Baseline and 6 months

    Coach baseline and follow-up experiences of injuries (control group and intervention group) and of the Knee Control program (intervention group only)

  6. Player experience of injuries and intervention program

    Time frame: Baseline and 6 months

    Player baseline and follow-up experiences of injuries (control group and intervention group) and of the Knee Control program (intervention group only)

  7. Exercise fidelity

    Time frame: At approximately 2 months and 5 months

    Exercise fidelity (observation of the technique when using the intervention in select intervention group teams)

  8. Health care need

    Time frame: After study end at 6 months

    Number of health care visits due to floorball related injuries during the season, type of diagnostic examinations and treatments

  9. Costs

    Time frame: After study end at 6 months

    Estimated costs of floorball related injuries and costs of the intervention

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Linkoeping University

Other Gov

Registry information

Acronym: SWIPE

Important dates

Study start
2017
Primary completion
2018
Study completion
2018
First posted
Oct 16, 2017
Registry last updated
Aug 21, 2018

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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