Effectiveness and Process Evaluation of the Injury-preventive Program #Utviklingsklar

NCT06486090 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 329-130324
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 2,954
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 6

Brief Summary

The majority of injuries among Norwegian youth occur in sports. The purpose of the project is to conduct an effect and process evaluation of the intervention #Utviklingsklar, an injury-preventive club-based intervention in youth handball and football. Central to the evaluation is whether the intervention influences the occurrence of new and recurring injuries through changed coaching practices (injury prevention warm-up, strength training, and management of players with pain and injuries). Over one season, participants from 30 clubs in youth handball and football respectively will participate in two cluster-randomized studies. Coaches and club leaders implement #Utviklingsklar and create plans and practices for injury prevention. The control clubs train as usual. Players report injuries. An additional handball and football club are followed up with observation and interviews in a qualitative part of the process evaluation. The project provides knowledge about how injuries and health in the ¾ of Norwegian youth who participate in organized sports are affected by interventions aimed at club and coaching practices.

Conditions

Sports Injury

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center Questionnaire on Health Problems (OSTRC-H2)

  Weekly injury severity score (0 best - 100 worst)

  Average of biweekly reports over 1 sports season (estimated to 32 weeks)

Secondary Outcomes (7)

• Sudden and gradual onset injuries

  1 sports season (estimated to 32 weeks)

• Injury location

  1 sports season (estimated to 32 weeks)

• Injury location for sudden onset injuries

  1 sports season (estimated to 32 weeks)

• Injury location gradual onset injuries

  1 sports season (estimated to 32 weeks)

• Injury burden

  1 sports season (estimated to 32 weeks)

Other Outcomes (5)

• Fidelity - workshop completion checklist

  At workshop (about 1-2 weeks before sports season)

• Fidelity - Midseason meeting checklist

  Midseason (about 16 weeks)

• Dose - completion of e-learning

  Before workshop (about 1-2 weeks before sports season)

Study Arms (2)

#Utviklingsklar

EXPERIMENTAL

The intervention consists of 1) an e-learning course, 2) a workshop to create plans and practices for injury-prevention, 3) a mid-season meeting

Behavioral: #Utviklingsklar

Control

NO INTERVENTION

Practice as usual, which may include other injury-preventive coaching practices

Interventions

#Utviklingsklar BEHAVIORAL

The intervention consists of 1) an e-learning course, 2) a workshop to create plans and practices for injury-prevention, 3) a mid-season meeting

#Utviklingsklar

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 12 Years - 100 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Clubs are eligible for participation if they are able to participate with one club leader, 2-6 teams, and a minimum of one coach from each of the participating teams

You may not qualify if:

• Players under the age of 12
• Coaches under the age of 16

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Norwegian School of Sport Sciences: lead
• The Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports: collaborator
• Linkoeping University: collaborator
• University of Bath: collaborator
• The Norwegian Football Federation: collaborator
• The Norwegian Handball Federation: collaborator

Study Sites (6)

Hordaland Fotballkrets

Bergen, Norway

Location

Håndballregion Øst

Oslo, Norway

Location

Oslo Fotballkrets

Oslo, Norway

Location

Akershus Fotballkrets

Strømmen, Norway

Location

Håndballregion Nord

Trondheim, Norway

Location

Trøndelag Fotballkrets

Trondheim, Norway

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Athletic Injuries

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Wounds and Injuries

Study Officials

• Hege Grindem

  Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: INVESTIGATOR
• Masking Details: The biostatistician performing the main analysis will be blinded to group assignment
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Associate Professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: May 9, 2024
• First Posted: July 3, 2024
• Study Start: May 7, 2024
• Primary Completion: November 9, 2025
• Study Completion: November 30, 2025
• Last Updated: December 17, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-12

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

NO (6)