Effect of the Interaction Between the Type of Artificial Turf and Boots Model of Bone Health in Children Soccer Players

NCT02399553 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: DEP 2103-32724
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 129
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The number of turf fields has experienced an important increase in public and private facilities during the last years. This artificial surface will be predominant in any soccer field in the next years. Among turf fields there are many different types depending on their construction characteristics (with and without asphalted base, elastic base, rubber filling, etc.). Officially all types of artificial turfs should have similar stability and impact absorption characteristics. On the other hand there is a great variety of soccer-boots, especially for youth soccer players, similar to the football stars. Many evidences support the fact that when a person exercises many different type of impacts-stimulus are necessary in order to stimulate bone and skeletal muscle systems. However, it is not known yet whether this effect can be extended or shortened depending on the type of artificial surface and soccer-boots used, or even more whether it could be more or less dangerous and/or provoke injuries/disagreement among the users. Little information is available in youth soccer player pointing in the same direction but still controversial. Furthermore, bone strength do not only depends on bone mass but on bone structure and microarchitecture. The cross sectional area, cortex thickness or trabecular density are important aspects of bone health. There are few studies on the effect of interaction between turf field and soccer boots on bone architecture of youth soccer players. This information is relevant for present and future health of adolescents practicing football and for all the organizations promoting this sport. Due to the fact that turf fields are preferentially used by youth populations, it is important to know the real effects of the interaction between of different type of artificial surfaces and soccer boots on children bone mass development. Nowadays, there are no data and/or defined guidelines that can answer those unresolved questions, thus the main aim of the present project is to identify which turf field and soccer boots are the most adequate to optimize the acquisitions of bone mass in children soccer players.

Conditions

Soccer; Bone Density; Physical Fitness

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Change in body composition during 2 years evaluated by Dual energy X-ray absorptiometry

  Change from baseline in body composition at 2 years

Study Arms (5)

Soccer 2G

EXPERIMENTAL

Soccer players who trained in second generation artificial turf

Other: Soccer boot intervention

Soccer 3G

EXPERIMENTAL

Soccer players who trained in third generation artificial turf

Other: Soccer boot intervention

Soccer NG

EXPERIMENTAL

Soccer players who trained in natural grass

Other: Soccer boot intervention

Soccer NON-NG

EXPERIMENTAL

Soccer players who trained in non-natural grass

Other: Soccer boot intervention

Control group

NO INTERVENTION

Interventions

Soccer boot intervention OTHER

Soccer 2G; Soccer 3G; Soccer NG; Soccer NON-NG

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 11 Years - 13 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

• Both: Aged from 11-13 years.
• Both: Parental/guardian permission (informed consent) and if appropriate, child verbal assent.
• Specific for the control group: Subjects that do not perform more than 3 hours of physical activity per week.

You may not qualify if:

• Taking medication affecting bone.
• Non-Caucasian.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Universidad de Zaragoza: lead

Study Sites (1)

José Antonio Casajús Mallén

Zaragoza, Zaragoza, 50009, Spain

Location

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Proffesor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: March 20, 2015
• First Posted: March 26, 2015
• Study Start: September 1, 2013
• Primary Completion: January 1, 2016
• Study Completion: January 1, 2016
• Last Updated: May 12, 2016

Record last verified: 2016-05

Locations

ES (1)