Prevention in Volleyball Players

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Prevention
• Interventions: Other: Prevention exercises

• Registration Number: NCT04892121
• Lead Sponsor: University of Liege

Brief Summary

The objective of this study is to assess the interest and the efficiency of a warm-up prevention program on the prevalence of shoulder injuries in amateur volleyball players.

Around ten teams will be included in the study. They will be divided into two groups (blind): an intervention group and a control group.

A warm-up prevention program will implemented in the teams of intervention group. This program will have to be followed twice a week, at the beginning of the training session.

In both groups, shoulder injuries will be registered each month by an online questionnaire.

Detailed Description

Around ten teams will be recruted among the clubs in the Province of Liege. They will be divided into two groups (blind): an intervention group and a control group.

Each month, both groups will be asked to fill in a form with the potential injuries they experienced during the past month.

* Intervention group :

All the teams included in the intervention group will be asked to follow a warm-up prevention program (about 15 minutes) at least twice a week, at the beginning of the training session.

At the beginning of the season, one experimenter will go to the different clubs in order to present the program, to explain the exercises and to correct the players while doint the exercises.

During the season, the same experimenter will go to the clubs at regular intervals to make sure that the players are well doing the program and to assess the compliance.

- Control group :

The objective of the control group is to estimate the prevalence of shoulder injuries in a group without any prevention implementation. The players of this group will jus have to answer the monthly questionnaire about the potential injuries they experienced during the previous month.

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2020-03-09
• Study First Submitted QC: 2021-05-13
• Study First Posted: 2021-05-19
• Study Start: 2021-08-15
• Primary Completion: 2022-06-30
• Study Completion: 2022-06-30
• Status Verified: 2022-11
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-11-22
• Last Update Posted: 2022-11-23

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 93

Inclusion Criteria

• volleyball players in Provincial level (P1-P2)
• practicing volleyball at least 4 hours in a week
• no "prevention routines"

Exclusion Criteria

• having a prevention program

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Intervention group	Prevention exercises	The teams in the intervention group will have to follow a warm-up prevention program twice a week

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Prevalence of shoulder injuries	through study completion, an average of 1 year	The number of injuries the players experienced during the season
Compliance with the program	through study completion, an average of 1 year	The number of time the players did the program during each month

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Fédération de Volleyball Wallonie-Bruxelles; 🇧🇪 Namur, Belgium