Strengthening Running Program in Novice Runners

NCT05656755 | Unknown

• 1 other identifier: 2019-502
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 50
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The objectives of the study are comparing the risk of injury and the running performance among novice runners with two different training programmes. The first programme has less running volume but more strengthening than the second one which is a normal running programme with no specific strengthening program. This study will provide necessary information for a multicentric study to come. The information needed for this bigger study are the sample size, the attrition rate, the drop-out rate and the feasibility of the timeline.

Conditions

Runner's Knee

Keywords

Running; Running related injuries; strengthening program; prevention; performance

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Aerobic performance

  aerobic performance testing using VAM-EVAL procedure

  at baseline

• Aerobic performance

  aerobic performance testing using VAM-EVAL procedure

  at 21 weeks of training

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• Incidence of running related injuries

  from baseline to 21weeks, up to 21 weeks total

• drop-out

  from baseline to 21weeks, up to 21 weeks total

Study Arms (2)

strengthening running program

EXPERIMENTAL

The experimental group will undergo a specific running training based on leg strength training and interval running

Other: Strengthening; Other: Running

Running program

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

This running group will serve as control and will undergo a traditional running program composed of only running

Other: Running

Interventions

Strengthening OTHER

The strengthening exercises were executed with the body weight without any additional weight and were composed of exercises like the squats, the lunges, the plank, and the mountain climbers

strengthening running program

Running OTHER

running for two supervised training sessions of one hour, and one free session of 30 minutes per week during 24 weeks

Running program; strengthening running program

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 30 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• they were between 18 and 30 years
• matched our definition of novice runners
• had not sustained a musculoskeletal injury in the past six months
• agreed to subscribe to an online application and to report each running training on this platform.
• A novice runner was defined as someone who has not been running more than once a week for more than six months. The participants were systematically excluded if they did not match the interval of age, were not considered as novice runners, i.e., ran twice or more times a week for more than six months

You may not qualify if:

• They were also excluded if they had sustained an injury in the last 6 months or suffered from any musculoskeletal or neurological disorders

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Université Catholique de Louvain: lead

Study Sites (1)

Irec/Nmsk

Brussels, 1200, Belgium

Location

MeSH Terms

Interventions

Resistance Training; Running

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; Locomotion

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: DOUBLE
• Who Masked: INVESTIGATOR, OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Masking Details: The investigator were blinded for group distribution and randomisation. They also were the outcome assessor and were therefore kept blinded.
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Model Details: Randomised control trial (pilot study)

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: November 17, 2022
• First Posted: December 19, 2022
• Study Start: January 1, 2022
• Primary Completion: June 1, 2022
• Study Completion: December 31, 2022
• Last Updated: December 19, 2022

Record last verified: 2022-12

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

BE (1)