Preventing Knee Injuries in Adolescent Female Football Players

NCT00894595 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: M197-08
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 4,564
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Football-related knee injuries are common and especially the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury constitute a serious problem in football regardless of the playing level. The purpose of this study is to conduct a randomized controlled trial evaluating the effect of a training program designed to prevent acute knee injury in female adolescent football players. The investigators' hypotheses are:

1. 1.a preventive training program reduces the incidence of ACL injury, and
2. 2.a high match frequency and match play at senior level increase the risk of ACL injury.

Conditions

Knee Injury

Keywords

Incidence of ACL injury; Risk factors for ACL injury; Prevention of ACL injury or any acute knee injury

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• The incidence of ACL injury

  One competitive football season

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• The incidence of any acute knee injury except contusion

  One competitive football season

Study Arms (2)

Intervention group

EXPERIMENTAL

The clubs in the intervention group are instructed to perform a warm-up program at two training sessions per week throughout the entire 2009 competitive season.

Behavioral: Knäkontroll, SISU Idrottsböcker©, Sweden, 2005

Control group

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

The clubs in the control group are instructed to train and play as usual throughout the 2009 season

Behavioral: Knäkontroll, SISU Idrottsböcker©, Sweden, 2005

Interventions

Knäkontroll, SISU Idrottsböcker©, Sweden, 2005 BEHAVIORAL

The preventive program (Knäkontroll, SISU Idrottsböcker©, Sweden, 2005) consists of six exercises focusing on knee control and core stability and is performed during the warm-up at two training sessions per week throughout the 2009 competitive season.

Control group; Intervention group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 13 Years - 17 Years
• Sex: female
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

• Teams with female football players aged 13-17 years

You may not qualify if:

• Teams that did not reply to the invitation or declined participation
• Teams having less than two scheduled training sessions per week
• Teams already using the preventive program

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Region Skane: lead
• Swedish Football Association: collaborator
• Folksam: collaborator
• Swedish National Centre for Research in Sports: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Department of Medical and Health Sciences, Linköping University

Linköping, 581 83, Sweden

Location

Related Publications (2)

• Walden M, Atroshi I, Magnusson H, Wagner P, Hagglund M. Prevention of acute knee injuries in adolescent female football players: cluster randomised controlled trial. BMJ. 2012 May 3;344:e3042. doi: 10.1136/bmj.e3042.

  PMID: 22556050 DERIVED

• Hagglund M, Walden M, Atroshi I. Preventing knee injuries in adolescent female football players - design of a cluster randomized controlled trial [NCT00894595]. BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2009 Jun 23;10:75. doi: 10.1186/1471-2474-10-75.

  PMID: 19545453 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Knee Injuries

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Leg Injuries; Wounds and Injuries

Study Officials

• Markus Waldén, MD, PhD

  Linkoeping University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: May 6, 2009
• First Posted: May 7, 2009
• Study Start: August 1, 2008
• Primary Completion: October 1, 2010
• Study Completion: October 1, 2010
• Last Updated: January 4, 2011

Record last verified: 2010-12

Locations

SE (1)