Prevention of Groin Injuries in Rink Hockey

NCT05994469 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: UO2023/1
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 150
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Rink hockey teams from senior category (adults) will be recruited to implement a groin injury prevention program consisting on the Copenhagen Adduction Exercise (CAE) throughout the regular season, 0 times, once or twice per week (september 2023-march 2024) Weekly team exposure to training sessions and games will be collected as well as cases of groin problems in the entire population When the season ends, the number of groin problems will be compared between teams that used the prevention program once a week against twice a week or no sessions a week.

Conditions

Groin Injury; Groin Strain; Adductor Strain

Keywords

rink hockey; groin pain; injury prevention

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Bi-Weekly prevalence of groin problems

  number of groin pain complaints in a 14-day frame, groin pain is described as pain in the groin region which emerges from performing exercise and may be indicative of an injury to the adductor muscles, abdominals, hip flexors, or pubic joint

  Every 14 days throughout the entire study (which lasts 7 months)

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• Adherence to the intervention

  Every 7 days throughout the entire study (which lasts 7 months)

• hockey exposure

  Every 7 days throughout the entire study (which lasts 7 months)

Study Arms (1)

Copenhagen Adduction Exercise Group

EXPERIMENTAL

there is no control group, all teams can implement the intervention protocol that better fits their normal schedule, the intervention can consist of 1 or 2 Copenhagen Adduction Exercise sessions per week

Behavioral: Copenhagen Adduction Exercise

Interventions

Copenhagen Adduction Exercise BEHAVIORAL

The CAE is performed by side-lying on the floor with the dominant lower limb supported in the air by a teammate, the hip is adducted until the body forms a straight line from the ankles to the shoulders (concentric phase), then the player is instructed to lower the body slowly (eccentric phase) until reaching the floor to start the next repetition.

Copenhagen Adduction Exercise Group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 16 Years - 45 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• #1 Be part of a rink hockey team competing in senior league (either local (third division/lower) or national (first and second division))
• Accept participating in the study (signing the informed consent)

You may not qualify if:

• #1 not playing rink hockey in the previous season
• serious illness, injury or surgery in the previous 6 months that prevented rink hockey participation

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Oviedo: lead

Study Sites (1)

Hugo Olmedillas

Oviedo, Principality of Asturias, 33006, Spain

Location

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Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Principal Investigator

Model Details: Natural experiment

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: August 5, 2023
• First Posted: August 16, 2023
• Study Start: September 1, 2023
• Primary Completion: March 30, 2024
• Study Completion: April 1, 2024
• Last Updated: April 4, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-04

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

ES (1)