To Evaluate the Effectiveness of an Injury Prevention Program in Athletics

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Athletics; Wounds and Injuries; Prevention Program
• Interventions: Other: Athletics Injury Prevention Program; Other: regular training

• Registration Number: NCT03307434
• Lead Sponsor: Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint Etienne

Brief Summary

The practice of Athletics leads to risk of injuries: about 61 to 76% athletes will occurred at least one injury during a season. The prevention of Athletics injuries thus represents a major challenge for all stakeholders around athletes. In team sports, injury prevention programs have been implemented and scientifically validated. However, no injury prevention programs have been implemented and scientifically validated for Athletics. In this context, a primary objective will be to analyze the effectiveness of an Athletics Injury Prevention Program (AIPP) to reduce the frequency (percentage) of athletes presenting at least one injury complaint related to athletic practice at long term (40 weeks). A statistician will carry out a randomized control trial in cluster (clubs with AIPP and clubs without AIPP), multicenter, including athletes between 15 and 40 years old and licensed in athletic clubs and followed during an athletic season.

Detailed Description

The person in charge of the platform will collect on a weekly basis via a IT-questionnaire sent out automatically every Monday the following parameters: injury complaints (presence or absence, and characteristics if presence) and exposure (number of hours of athletic practice (training and competition) and intensity), and the number of AIPP realization per week. The main criterion will be the frequency (percentage) of athletes presenting at least one injury complaint that have a consequence on the practice (reduction or cessation of practice).

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2017-10-02
• Study First Submitted QC: 2017-10-10
• Study First Posted: 2017-10-11
• Study Start: 2017-10-23
• Primary Completion: 2018-07-29
• Study Completion: 2018-07-29
• Status Verified: 2018-09
• Last Update Submitted: 2018-12-03
• Last Update Posted: 2018-12-04

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 880

Inclusion Criteria

• To dismissed in athletics clubs affiliated to French Federation of Athletics
• To practice one of the disciplines of athletics
• Men or women aged between 15 and 40 years

Exclusion Criteria

• Patient's refusal to participate in the study and / or inability to express agreement or signing the informed consent

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
experimental group	Athletics Injury Prevention Program	experimental group is composed of athletes will be followed the Athletics Injury Prevention Program
control group	regular training	control group is composed of athletes will be continued their regular training

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
injury complaint and have a consequence on the practice	at 40 weeks	Frequency of athletes presenting at least one injury complaint and have a consequence on the practice (reduction or cessation of practice).

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
injury complaint number and hours number of athletic practice	at 40 weeks	Correlation between injury complaint number and hours number of athletic practice
injury complaint number and weeks number of athletic practice	at 40 weeks	Correlation between injury complaint number and weeks number of athletic practice
week without injury complaints	at 40 weeks	Frequency of week without injury complaints
injury complaint number at the training	at 40 weeks	Frequency of injury complaint number at the training
injury complaint number and at the competition	at 40 weeks	Frequency of injury complaint number at the competition
type of injury complaint between 4 consequences	at 40 weeks	the 4 consequences of injury complaint are : No consequence of athletic practice; reduce practice; Stop practice; and Consequence of practice
injury complaint number by groups	at 40 weeks	Correlation of injury complaint number by groups
injury complaint type	at 40 weeks	Number of injury complaint type: hamstrings, Achilles tendons, ankles, knees and rachis

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Chu Saint-Etienne; 🇫🇷 Saint-Étienne, France