Injury and Illness Surveillance at FIFA U-17 & U-20 Women's World Cups.

NCT05488639 | Suspended

• 1 other identifier: 1
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 672
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The primary objective is to provide an overview of the incidence and characteristics of time-loss injuries and illnesses during the FIFA U-20 and U-17 Women's World Cups in 2022.

Conditions

Injuries; Illness

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Time-loss injury

  * Time-loss is defined as inability of a player to complete the current or future training session or match. * Injury is defined as tissue damage or other derangement of normal physical function resulting from rapid or repetitive transfer of kinetic energy.

  August 2022

• Time-loss illness

  * Time-loss is defined as inability of a player to complete the current or future training session or match. * Illness is defined as a health-related complaint or disorder experienced by an athlete, not considered as an injury.

  October 2022

Study Arms (2)

Football players at the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup 2022.

* Upper age limit: all players must be a maximum of 20 years old by the end of the calendar year in which the World Cup 2022 is played (i.e. all players of the teams were born on or after 1 January 2002). * Lower age limit: all players must be at least 16 years old by the end of the calendar year in which the World Cup 2022 is played (i.e. all players of the teams were born on or before 31 December 2006).

Other: Registration of football exposure and occurrence of injuries and illnesses only

Football players at the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup 2022.

* Upper age limit: all players must be a maximum of 17 years old by the end of the calendar year in which the World Cup 2022 is played (i.e. all players of the teams were born on or after 1 January 2005). * Lower age limit: all players must be at least 15 years old by the end of the calendar year in which the World Cup 2022 is played (i.e. all players of the teams were born on or before 31 December 2007).

Other: Registration of football exposure and occurrence of injuries and illnesses only

Interventions

Registration of football exposure and occurrence of injuries and illnesses only OTHER

Injury \& illness registration Data on injury and illness is gathered following the recommended methodology in the football extension of the International Olympic Committee consensus statement on methods for recording and reporting of epidemiological data on injury and illness in sport. This includes characteristics such as mode of onset, injury mechanism, diagnosis and classification according to body area, tissue, and pathology type, and illness categories for organ system and etiology. Time-loss will be counted in number of days.

Football players at the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup 2022.; Football players at the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup 2022.

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 15 Years - 20 Years
• Sex: female
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64)
• Sampling Method: Probability Sample

Study Population

This research project will be performed at the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup 2022 final tournament which is played in Alajuela and San José, Costa Rica between August 10 and August 28, 2022, and the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup 2022 final tournament which is played in Bhubaneswar, Goa, and Navi Mumbai, India between October 11 and October 30th, 2022. Each tournament includes 16 national teams, and each team is allowed to select 21 players, giving at total of 336 potential participants per tournament. In total, 32 matches will be played over 19 days, with the 24 group stage matches played in the first 8 days and the 8 knock-out matches played in the last 9 days.

You may qualify if:

• All participating football players at the FIFA U-20 and U-17 Women's World Cup 2022.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Federation Internationale de Football Association: lead

Study Sites (1)

Fèdèration Internationale de Football Association

Zurich, 8044, Switzerland

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Wounds and Injuries

Study Officials

• Andreas Serner, PhD

  Fédération Internationale de Football Association

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: COHORT
• Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: August 3, 2022
• First Posted: August 4, 2022
• Study Start: August 1, 2022
• Primary Completion: October 31, 2022
• Study Completion: December 31, 2024
• Last Updated: March 4, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-03

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

CH (1)