Prevention of shoulder and knee injuries in adolescent elite handball players

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Shoulder and knee injuries; Musculoskeletal Diseases

• Registration Number: ISRCTN15946352
• Lead Sponsor: Karolinska Institutet, Institute of Environmental Medicine

Brief Summary

2022 Results article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35834139/ (added 15/07/2022)

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2018-04-17
• Study Completion: 2019-06-30
• Last Update Posted: 5 August 2022

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 627

Inclusion Criteria

1. Male or female handball player
2. Aged 14-19
3. Enrolled to or accepted for any of the eligible Swedish handball-profiled secondary schools.

For the schools to be eligible for the study, they need to meet all these three criteria:
1.Have a capacity for at least 30 handball-profiled students
2.Have an approximately even enrolment of male and female players
3.Have to be classified by the Swedish Handball Federation as being at the highest elite level.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Inability to understand Swedish
2a. For players allocated to the control group: Players who at baseline scores 40 or more on the OSTRC Overuse Injury Questionnaire regarding knee and shoulder problems or reporting having had shoulder and knee surgery during the preceding six months.
2b. For players allocated to the shoulder training programme: Players who at baseline scores 40 or more on the OSTRC Overuse Injury Questionnaire regarding shoulder problems or reporting having had shoulder during the preceding six months.
2c. For players allocated to the lower limb training programme: Players who at baseline scores 40 or more on the OSTRC Overuse Injury Questionnaire regarding knee problems or reporting having had knee surgery during the preceding six months.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
1.Shoulder and knee injuries are measured during one year on a weekly basis using the Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center (OSTRC) Overuse Injury Questionnaire. <br>2.Shoulder strength is measured with a handheld dynamometer at baseline, after 4 months and after one year.<br>3.Handball throwing velocity is measured using a speed radar gun at baseline, after 4 months and after one year.<br>4.Knee control is measured through video analysis of a jump and landing task at baseline, after 4 months and after one year.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
1.Time-loss shoulder and knee injuries, defined as self-reported reduction in participation due to shoulder problem or knee problem, are measured during one year (on a weekly basis) using the Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center (OSTRC) Overuse Injury Questionnaire.<br>2.Prevalence of shoulder problems and knee problems is measured during a year (on a weekly basis) using the Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center (OSTRC) Overuse Injury Questionnaire.