Preventing Youth Soccer Injury

NCT04266925 | Completed Results

• 1 other identifier: X160720002
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 49
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

A study is proposed to test whether adding additional referees to youth soccer matches may reduce the risk of injury to the children playing soccer. Publicly-open youth soccer games will be randomly assigned to have either one or three referees and videotaped. The videotaped games will then be watched to record risk-taking behavior by players, referee decisions, and other factors relevant to potential injury.

Conditions

Injuries; Sports Injury; Sports Injuries in Children

Keywords

youth soccer injury

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Average Number of Injuries During Soccer Matches

  average number of injury events requiring player to leave the field or be attended by an adult, across all games in study

  baseline through one hour, which is beginning of the game until the end of the game, averaged across games

Study Arms (2)

3 referees

EXPERIMENTAL

Three referees were present on the field during these youth soccer matches.

Behavioral: 3 referees present

1 referee

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

One referee was present on the field during these youth soccer matches.

Other: 1 referee present

Interventions

3 referees present BEHAVIORAL

We compared player behavior with one versus three referees present on youth soccer fields during match play. The time between these two matches ranged from a few hours to several weeks.

3 referees

1 referee present OTHER

We compared player behavior with one versus three referees present on youth soccer fields during match play. The time between these two matches ranged from a few hours to several weeks.

1 referee

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 8 Years - 11 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

• unit of measurement was youth soccer teams playing in Birmingham, Alabama area league

You may not qualify if:

• teams serving children under age 9 or over age 11

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Alabama at Birmingham: lead

Study Sites (1)

UAB Youth Safety Lab, University of Alabama at Birmingham

Birmingham, Alabama, 35294, United States

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Schwebel DC, Long DL, McClure LA. Injuries on the Youth Soccer (Football) Field: Do Additional Referees Reduce Risk? Randomized Crossover Trial. J Pediatr Psychol. 2020 Aug 1;45(7):759-766. doi: 10.1093/jpepsy/jsaa050.

  PMID: 32651582 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Wounds and Injuries; Athletic Injuries

Results Point of Contact

• Title: Dr David Schwebel,
• Organization: University of Alabama at Birmingham

schwebel@uab.edu

205-934-4068

Study Officials

• David Schwebel, PhD

  University of Alabama at Birmingham

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Publication Agreements

• PI is Sponsor Employee: No
• Restrictive Agreement: No

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NON RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: CROSSOVER
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: University Professor of Psychology & Associate Dean

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: February 10, 2020
• First Posted: February 12, 2020
• Study Start: August 26, 2017
• Primary Completion: November 11, 2017
• Study Completion: November 11, 2017
• Last Updated: May 20, 2020
• Results First Posted: May 20, 2020

Record last verified: 2020-05

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (1)