Prevention of Injuries and Musculoskeletal Disorders in the Defence Forces
Musculoskeletal Injury Risk in a Military Cadet Population Participating in an Injury-prevention Program
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interventional
36
1 country
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Brief Summary
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of an exercise-based injury-prevention program on the incidence of musculoskeletal injury, motor performance and psychosocial status. 36 Estonian Military Academy cadets were randomly assigned into either an intervention or control group. The intervention group followed a neuromuscular exercise-based injury-prevention warm-up program, 3 times per week for 6 months. The control group continued with the usual warm-up. The main outcome measure was injury incidence during the study period. Additionally, evaluation of isokinetic lower-extremity strength, postural sway, physical fitness and psychosocial status was included pre- and post-intervention.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
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participants targeted
Target at P25-P50 for not_applicable
Started Dec 2019
Shorter than P25 for not_applicable
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
Study Start
First participant enrolled
December 15, 2019
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
August 16, 2020
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
August 16, 2020
CompletedFirst Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
January 2, 2023
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
January 13, 2023
CompletedJanuary 13, 2023
January 1, 2023
8 months
January 2, 2023
January 4, 2023
Conditions
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
Musculoskeletal injury incidence
Musculoskeletal injury incidence during study period
6 month period
Secondary Outcomes (9)
Age
Baseline and at 6 month
Body mass
Baseline and at 6 month
Height
Baseline and at 6 month
Body mass index
Baseline and at 6 month
Postural sway
Baseline and at 6 month
- +4 more secondary outcomes
Study Arms (2)
Intervention group
EXPERIMENTALNeuromuscular exercise based injury-prevention program
Control group
NO INTERVENTIONNonspecific warm-up including a combination of aerobic exercises and range of motion exercises.
Interventions
Neuromuscular exercise based injury-prevention program
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- Age 18-30 years
- Healthy volunteer
You may not qualify if:
- Current injuries causing limited duty days
- Current injuries causing inability to participate in the proposed injury-prevention program.
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
- Estonian Military Academylead
- University of Tartucollaborator
- Tartu University Hospitalcollaborator
Study Sites (1)
University of Tartu, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Sport Sciences and Physiotherapy
Tartu, 51008, Estonia
Study Officials
- STUDY DIRECTOR
Mati Pääsuke, PhD
University of Tartu
- STUDY CHAIR
Ahti Varblane, MD
Estonian Military Academy
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- NONE
- Purpose
- PREVENTION
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- SPONSOR
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
January 2, 2023
First Posted
January 13, 2023
Study Start
December 15, 2019
Primary Completion
August 16, 2020
Study Completion
August 16, 2020
Last Updated
January 13, 2023
Record last verified: 2023-01
Data Sharing
- IPD Sharing
- Will not share