Does Peer to Peer Learning Facilitated by an iPad Application Help Coaches Learn a Neuromuscular Training Warmup?

NCT04284358 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: Soccer NMT
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 85
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Purpose: To compare standard or technology integrated workshop delivery on coaches' measured ability to and confidence in recognizing for errors for key components of exercises in a soccer neuromuscular training (NMT) warm-up. Research in this area is needed to measure how effective NMT warm-up workshops are on educating coaches and if technology integration into the workshop improves their understanding as these measures are unknown to date. Background: Injury prevention strategies such as using a NMT warm-up has been successful in reducing injuries (Emery, Roy, Whittaker, Nettel-Aguirre, \& van Mechelen, 2015). NMT warm-up workshops are provided to educate coaches however there are adoption issues for the coaches (van Reijen, Vriend, van Mechelen, Finch, \& Verhagen, 2016). An effective workshop is designed to enhance a coaches' self-efficacy and have a practical portion to work through the exercises (Emery, 2015; Steffen et al., 2013). iPad applications such as the Move Improve application are utilized to enhance peer to peer learning and provide feedback for the subject performing the exercise. Research Plan: A randomized controlled trial (RCT) will be performed with clubs from the Calgary Minor Soccer Association (CMSA). Coaches from the recruited clubs will be randomized to attend one of two types of workshops : 1) intervention group (technology integrated coach NMT warm-up workshop) and 2) control group (standard NMT warm-up workshop.The control workshop is a two-hour workshops that includes an information period, on field instruction and partnered practice for all soccer NMT exercises. The technology-based workshop which is a two-hour workshop that includes on field exercise instruction and then partnered practice with use of the Move Improve mobile application for all soccer NMT exercises. All coaches (n=100; 50 per group) prior to the workshop commencing interested participants with be asked to fill out the consent form, the soccer NMT demographic information form and the Soccer NMT warm-up exercise self-efficacy questionnaire. Following the workshop, coaches will be asked to complete Soccer NMT warm-up exercise self-efficacy questionnaire again and the soccer NMT warm-up exercise test.

Conditions

Sport Injury

Keywords

Neuromuscular Training

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Soccer neuromuscular training warm-up exercise test

  A multiple choice test with video based questions where participants are asked to identify the exercise error in the video.

  immediately after the workshop (control or intervention)

• Change in soccer neuromuscular training warm-up exercise self-efficacy by scale

  A confidence scale assessing participant's confidence in their ability to identify exercise errors for every exercise in the warm-up. On a 0 to 7 point Likert scale where the mean higher score indicates more confidence or a better outcome. The change in self-efficacy is calculated by taking the difference in mean scores between time points.

  immediately after and just before (10-15 min) the workshop (control or intervention)

Study Arms (2)

Standard Instruction workshop

NO INTERVENTION

Standard instruction neuromuscular training warm-up workshop. Participants will learn of the exercises with a traditional instructor demonstration and verbal explanation and then attempt it themselves.

Technology Integrated Instruction workshop

EXPERIMENTAL

Technology integrated instruction neuromuscular training warm-up workshop. Participants will learn of the exercises with a traditional instructor demonstration and verbal explanation and. Participants will then attempt the exercise and assess their execution via a video on a peer learning tablet application.

Other: Technology integrated instruction neuromuscular training warm-up workshop

Interventions

Technology integrated instruction neuromuscular training warm-up workshop OTHER

Participants will learn of the exercises with a traditional instructor demonstration and verbal explanation. Participants will then attempt the exercise and assess their execution via a video on a peer learning tablet application. This occurs for every exercise and occurs in pairs in which participants can discuss and evaluate an exercise by an exercise's key execution components.

Technology Integrated Instruction workshop

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Youth Soccer Coaches in the Calgary Minor Soccer Association

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Sport Injury Prevention Research Centre: lead

Study Sites (1)

Sport Injury Prevention Research Centre

Calgary, Alberta, T2N 1N4, Canada

Location

Related Publications (4)

• Emery C, Tyreman H. Sport participation, sport injury, risk factors and sport safety practices in Calgary and area junior high schools. Paediatr Child Health. 2009 Sep;14(7):439-44. doi: 10.1093/pch/14.7.439.

  PMID: 20808471 BACKGROUND

• Emery CA, Roy TO, Whittaker JL, Nettel-Aguirre A, van Mechelen W. Neuromuscular training injury prevention strategies in youth sport: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Br J Sports Med. 2015 Jul;49(13):865-70. doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2015-094639.

  PMID: 26084526 BACKGROUND

• Steffen K, Meeuwisse WH, Romiti M, Kang J, McKay C, Bizzini M, Dvorak J, Finch C, Myklebust G, Emery CA. Evaluation of how different implementation strategies of an injury prevention programme (FIFA 11+) impact team adherence and injury risk in Canadian female youth football players: a cluster-randomised trial. Br J Sports Med. 2013 May;47(8):480-7. doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2012-091887. Epub 2013 Mar 13.

  PMID: 23486935 BACKGROUND

• van Reijen M, Vriend I, van Mechelen W, Finch CF, Verhagen EA. Compliance with Sport Injury Prevention Interventions in Randomised Controlled Trials: A Systematic Review. Sports Med. 2016 Aug;46(8):1125-39. doi: 10.1007/s40279-016-0470-8.

  PMID: 26869058 BACKGROUND

Study Officials

• Kati Pasanen, PhD

  Sport Injury Prevention Research Centre

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

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

Model Details: Participants will be randomized into the control or intervention NMT warm-up workshop. The integration of peer to peer learning technology into the workshop is the intervention aspect.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: February 19, 2020
• First Posted: February 25, 2020
• Study Start: October 15, 2019
• Primary Completion: December 8, 2019
• Study Completion: December 8, 2019
• Last Updated: February 25, 2020

Record last verified: 2020-02

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

CA (1)