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NCT Number: NCT03307434

To Evaluate the Effectiveness of an Injury Prevention Program in Athletics

The practice of Athletics leads to risk of injuries: about 61 to 76% athletes will occurred at least one injury during a season. The prevention of Athletics injuries thus represents a major challenge for all stakeholders around athletes. In team sports, injury prevention programs have been implemented and scientifically validated. However, no injury prevention programs have been implemented and scientifically validated for Athletics. In this context, a primary objective will be to analyze the effectiveness of an Athletics Injury Prevention Program (AIPP) to reduce the frequency (percentage) of athletes presenting at least one injury complaint related to athletic practice at long term (40 weeks). A statistician will carry out a randomized control trial in cluster (clubs with AIPP and clubs without AIPP), multicenter, including athletes between 15 and 40 years old and licensed in athletic clubs and followed during an athletic season.

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Key information

Conditions

Athletics Prevention Program Wounds and Injuries

Age range

15 year–40 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Chu Saint-Etienne

Saint-Etienne, France

About this study

The person in charge of the platform will collect on a weekly basis via a IT-questionnaire sent out automatically every Monday the following parameters: injury complaints (presence or absence, and characteristics if presence) and exposure (number of hours of athletic practice (training and competition) and intensity), and the number of AIPP realization per week. The main criterion will be the frequency (percentage) of athletes presenting at least one injury complaint that have a consequence on the practice (reduction or cessation of practice).

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

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

Inclusion criteria

  • To dismissed in athletics clubs affiliated to French Federation of Athletics
  • To practice one of the disciplines of athletics
  • Men or women aged between 15 and 40 years

Exclusion criteria

  • Patient's refusal to participate in the study and / or inability to express agreement or signing the informed consent

Treatment and study plan

Athletics Injury Prevention Program

Other

The Athletics Injury Prevention Program (AIPP) will be performed by experimental group twice a week. The AIPP is composed of 8 exercises including core stability, balance, pelvic stabilization, stretching and strengthening of the Achilles tendon and hamstrings.

Other names: AIPP

Regular training

Other

The regular training will be performed by control group according to the standard practice.

Other names: standard practice

Primary outcomes

  1. injury complaint and have a consequence on the practice

    Time frame: at 40 weeks

    Frequency of athletes presenting at least one injury complaint and have a consequence on the practice (reduction or cessation of practice).

Secondary outcomes

  1. injury complaint number and hours number of athletic practice

    Time frame: at 40 weeks

    Correlation between injury complaint number and hours number of athletic practice

  2. injury complaint number and weeks number of athletic practice

    Time frame: at 40 weeks

    Correlation between injury complaint number and weeks number of athletic practice

  3. week without injury complaints

    Time frame: at 40 weeks

    Frequency of week without injury complaints

  4. injury complaint number at the training

    Time frame: at 40 weeks

    Frequency of injury complaint number at the training

  5. injury complaint number and at the competition

    Time frame: at 40 weeks

    Frequency of injury complaint number at the competition

  6. type of injury complaint between 4 consequences

    Time frame: at 40 weeks

    the 4 consequences of injury complaint are : No consequence of athletic practice; reduce practice; Stop practice; and Consequence of practice

  7. injury complaint number by groups

    Time frame: at 40 weeks

    Correlation of injury complaint number by groups

  8. injury complaint type

    Time frame: at 40 weeks

    Number of injury complaint type: hamstrings, Achilles tendons, ankles, knees and rachis

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint Etienne

Other

Registry information

Official study title

PREVATHLE: To Evaluate the Effectiveness of an Injury Prevention Program in Athletics

Acronym: PREVATHLE

Important dates

Study start
2017
Primary completion
2018
Study completion
2018
First posted
Oct 11, 2017
Registry last updated
Dec 4, 2018

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