Effectiveness of Injury Prevention Guidelines in Recreational Runners

NCT03751150 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: SahgrenskaUH
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 150
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The aim of this trial is to investigate the effectiveness of specific training programs on the incidence of injuries in recreational runners. 408 runners between the ages of 18 and 55 years, will be recruited and randomly allocated to either the intervention group or control group. The intervention group will perform the training program twice a week in addition to their regular training. Injury data will be collected as the injuries occur and documentation of injury will follow a predetermined definition of injury. Participants will submit weekly reports of their running distance, frequency, running-related pain, as well as successful performance of the assigned training program for the intervention groups. The primary outcome is the incidence of injuries in all groups.

Conditions

Sports Injury

Keywords

Running-related injury

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Injury occurence

  Incidence of running-related injuries

  18 weeks

Study Arms (2)

Control

NO INTERVENTION

Normal training, no intervention

Intervention INT

EXPERIMENTAL

The intervention consists of an exercise program developed by a team specialised in orthopaedics, physiotherapy and biomechanics, based on the results from a recent prospective study in Gothenburg, Sweden. The exercises included cover muscle control training for the core, abductors, quadriceps and foot pronators, as well as foamrolling for the abductors, quadriceps, hamstrings, calf muscles and gluteal muscles. The runners will be instructed to perform the training program twice a week for the entire intervention period.

Other: Exercise program

Interventions

Exercise program OTHER

The runners will be asked to perform the training program twice a week. The intervention consist of muscle control and foam rolling exercises for the lower extremities.

Intervention INT

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 55 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• Healthy male and female recreational runners with an average weekly running distance of at least 15km.

You may not qualify if:

• Injury to the lower extremities during the past 6 months.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Sahlgrenska University Hospital: lead

Study Sites (1)

Cenrte for Health and Performance

Gothenburg, 41140, Sweden

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Athletic Injuries

Interventions

Resistance Training

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Wounds and Injuries

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Exercise Therapy; Rehabilitation; Aftercare; Continuity of Patient Care; Patient Care; Therapeutics; Physical Therapy Modalities; Physical Conditioning, Human; Exercise; Motor Activity; Movement; Musculoskeletal Physiological Phenomena; Musculoskeletal and Neural Physiological Phenomena

Study Officials

• Jòn Karlsson, Prof

  Sahlgrenska University Hospital

  STUDY CHAIR

• Stefan Grau, Prof

  Göteborg University

  STUDY DIRECTOR

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: Doctoral Student

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: November 16, 2018
• First Posted: November 23, 2018
• Study Start: December 31, 2018
• Primary Completion: January 30, 2021
• Study Completion: January 30, 2021
• Last Updated: May 13, 2021

Record last verified: 2021-05

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

SE (1)