Towards a Health Promotion for Children Engaged in Sport Intensive Practice for a Healthy Adult

This project aims to elucidate the complexities of the preventive approach among young people involved in intensive sports activities, providing valuable recommendations to optimize their physical, mental, and social health both in the present and in the long term. The multidisciplinary skills of a team of researchers in sports science and health will contribute their recognized disciplinary expertise through international publications, as well as solid experience in the demands of elite sports, along with a commitment to transferring innovative knowledge toward a preventive approach to sports training.

The main objective is to determine whether a somatotype aligned with the discipline's expectations protects the athlete in terms of self-perception and, consequently, reduces health-risk behaviors. Secondary objectives will include linking somatotype, growth, psychological changes (self-perception), and the emergence of health-risk behaviors or injuries in these young athletes.

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Key information

Conditions

Prevention

Age range

8 year–15 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

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

Inclusion criteria

Children aged 8 to 15 years old
Intensive athletes: that is to say they practice a competitive sporting activity with a number of hours of weekly training greater than their age in years.(For example, a 10 year old child will need to train more than 10 hours per week to be included.)
Sport at an early age
Obtaining written and signed informed consent from one of the two parents or the holder of parental authority
Affiliation to a social security system

Exclusion criteria

menstruation for more than a year at the time of inclusion

Treatment and study plan

The multidisciplinary preventive approach among young people involved in intensive sports activities. Athlete will see doctor and physiotherapist.

Other

Athletes will have 2 times per years prevention examination:

A standard medical examination
A physiotherapy assessment with strength assessment
They will complete psychometric evaluation self-questionnaires

Primary outcomes

Determine whether a somatotype in harmony with the expectations of the discipline protects the athlete in terms of self-perceptions and, consequently, reduces risky behaviors for her health.

Time frame: 2 times a year for up to 84 months of follow-up

frequency of occurrence of risky behavior depending on the somatotype of the athletes

Secondary outcomes

1. How does the somatotype of athletes change over time and in response to training? Are these modifications uniform among athletes of the same sex practicing the same sport?

Time frame: 2 times a year for up to 84 months of follow-up

The evolution of the somatotype of athletes over time and in response to training Relationship between athlete somatotype and growth acceleration at puberty Self-esteem and perception of physical appearance between athletes conforming and nonconforming to the ideal somatotype of their sport The prevalence of ACAD and excessive training practices among athletes with low self-esteem related to their physical appearance.

Correlation between athletes' somatotype and their predisposition to health problems, such as eating disorders and sports injuries

Study contacts

Contact information is provided by the study sponsor or research team.

Virginie RAMPAL, PhD

CONTACT

[email protected]

0033 4 92 03 05 41

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Fondation Lenval

Other

Registry information

Acronym: PROTEGE

Important dates

Study start: 2025
Primary completion: 2032
Study completion: 2032
First posted: Oct 17, 2024
Registry last updated: Mar 12, 2025

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