Neuromuscular Training to Reduce Sports Injuries Among Children and Adolescents

NCT01406054 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: IRB 2011-14570
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 400
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Sports-related injuries are a serious concern for physically active children and adolescents. Previous research, including ours at Chicago public high schools, shows our neuromuscular training program, the Knee Injury Prevention Program (KIPP) reduces sports-related injuries in female athletes by up to 88%. However, KIPP is not well-studied in males or younger age groups. This project aims to determine KIPP's effect on sports-related injuries and physical fitness among 5th-8th grade students in Chicago public schools. The study will take place during the 2011-2013 school years. To measure KIPP's effect on sports injuries, we will recruit 5th-8th grade sports coaches and their athletes, randomize coaches by school into two groups, then train the intervention group to implement a 10-minute KIPP warm-up before practices and games. Control group will perform their usual warm-up. Research assistants will collect athlete participation and injury data from coaches weekly. To determine feasibility of KIPP in PE classes and measure its effect on fitness, we will recruit PE teachers to implement the warm-up in PE classes for a minimum of 10 weeks, and record students' presidential fitness test scores before and after the 10+ weeks. Results of this study will guide strategies for preventing sports-related injuries and improving physical fitness in 5th -8th graders.

Conditions

Leg Injuries

Keywords

athletes; injury prevention; neuromuscular training; public school; physical education; knee; sports; ACL; KIPP

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• sports-related lower extremity injuries

  Frequency of injuries

  0-3 years

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• physical fitness as measured by presidential fitness test

  0-3 years

Study Arms (2)

neuromuscular training

EXPERIMENTAL

subjects in this arm will undergo neuromuscular warm-up exercises before practices and games

Other: neuromuscular exercises

control

NO INTERVENTION

subjects in the control arm will proceed to practice and games without additional neuromuscular warm-up exercises.

Interventions

neuromuscular exercises OTHER

neuromuscular exercises delivered as a pre-practice and pre-game warm-up including dynamic stretching, strengthening, and plyometrics.

Also known as: KIPP

neuromuscular training

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 10 Years - 14 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

• sports coaches and physical education (PE) teachers for 5th-8th grade students at a CPS school
• th-8th grade students/athletes at a chicago public school

You may not qualify if:

• Not a coach or PE teacher at CPS
• not a 5th-8th grade student at CPS

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago: lead

Study Sites (1)

Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois, 60611, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Leg Injuries

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Wounds and Injuries

Study Officials

• Cynthia LaBella, MD

  Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: INVESTIGATOR
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Attending Physician, Orthopaedic Surgery and Sports Medicine

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: July 28, 2011
• First Posted: July 29, 2011
• Study Start: July 1, 2011
• Primary Completion: June 1, 2020
• Study Completion: July 1, 2021
• Last Updated: November 15, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-11

Locations

US (1)