The Sports-Related Injuries and Illnesses in Para-sport Study (SRIIPS)
- Conditions
- Athletic Injuries
- Interventions
- Other: Incidence of sports-related injuries and illnesses
- Registration Number
- NCT02788500
- Lead Sponsor
- Lund University
- Brief Summary
The overall aim of this project is to gain an in-depth understanding of the epidemiology of sports-related injuries and illnesses in parasport in order to assist the identification and development of specific injury prevention strategies adapted to parasport.
- Detailed Description
The Paralympic Games is today one of the largest sport event in the world. During the last decades parasport has in many ways become elite sport, allowing people with disabilities to achieve extraordinary heights of functional capability. With the growing number of athletes there is an increased interest in athletes' health and safety, both to enhance sports performance and to prevent injuries.
Even though it is well-known that participation in sports places the athlete at risk for injuries, there are few studies covering sports-related injuries and illnesses in parasport (SRIIP). Today, some injuries and illnesses are known to be preventable. However, this requires regular monitoring of internal and external load during athletic preparation. Standardized injury surveillances have been implemented within several sports for abled-bodied athletes, but such studies do not yet exist within parasport.
In our review article (Fagher \& Lexell 2014) the investigators showed that existing studies of sports-related injuries in athletes with disabilities have a variable quality and that specific disability related factors have not been examined. Further studies are therefore warranted to obtain an increased in-depth knowledge of SRIIP. With a systematic longitudinal surveillance system tailored to parasport it would be possible to observe trends and risk factors over time, and thereby have a basis for developing specific preventive measures.
The overall aim of this project is to gain an in-depth understanding of the epidemiology of SRIIP in parasport in order to assist the identification and development of specific injury prevention strategies adapted to parasport.
The specific aims are: i) to design and implement a study protocol for prospective epidemiological studies of SRIIP in parasport; ii) to prospectively estimate the annual incidence of SRIIP among Swedish Paralympic athletes; and iii) to explore risk factors and mechanisms for sustaining SRIIP based on athlete exposure in order to form the basis for moving towards safe participation in parasport.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 107
- Age 18-55 years
- Being a registered competitive athlete within the Swedish Paralympic Program/Organization
- Being able to communicate in Swedish and having the opportunity to every week answer a web-based questionnaire.
Not provided
Study & Design
- Study Type
- OBSERVATIONAL
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Swedish para-athletes Incidence of sports-related injuries and illnesses The total population of athletes in the Swedish Paralympic program, which covers candidates for the Paralympic Summer or Winter Games, will be invited by mail to participate in the study and report their incidence of sports-related injuries and illnesses
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Incidence of sports-related injuries and illnesses Weekly during one year The athletes will be asked to self-report incidence of sports-related injuries and illnesses based on the surveillence systems developed by Jacobsson et al 2010 and Timpka 2014.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Exposure of training Weekly during one year The athletes will be asked to report exposure and perceived exertion of training (hours and minutes of training and rated perceived exertion (RPE) based on the RPE-scale).
Pain Weekly during one year The athletes will be asked to report their perceived pain during the week on a visual analogue scale (VAS) scale.
General well-being Weekly during one year The athletes will be asked to report their perceived general well-being based on questions from the Health-related quality of life questionnaire EQ-5D.
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Rehabilitation Medicine Research group
🇸🇪Lund, Sweden