Epidemiology of Injuries in the Professional Women's Swedish National IceHockey League Permitted to Body-Checking

Recruiting

• Conditions: Ice-Skates Accident; Female Athlete Triad; Sport Injury; Female; Sports Accident
• Interventions: Other: No intervention will be conducted.

• Registration Number: NCT06351618
• Lead Sponsor: Lund University

Brief Summary

This research project can contribute to a deeper understanding of injury patterns among professional female ice-hockey players allowed to body check. An understanding of common injury types and mechanisms aids the clinician in diagnosis and management. This information can guide preventative strategies in the areas of education, coaching, rule enforcement, rule modifications, equipment improvement, and sportsmanship. Today, ice hockey is a sport associated with many severe injuries that not only causes suffering and lower quality of life for the athlete, but also costs society a lot of money. Reducing the number and severity of sport-related injuries is therefore of importance. Knowledge of the injury epidemiology of women's hockey could also contribute to better preventive training programs and other injury preventive actions in the sport. Currently, only a minority of all sports medicine research is made on female study participants (26). This research project has the possibility to gain more knowledge about the female athlete, not only applicable for elite hockey-players, but also for female athletes in different disciplines and in youth teams. Knowledge of factors associated with injury could also contribute to better injury preventive actions and highlight subgroups in extra need of future preventive interventions.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2023-12-01
• Primary Completion: 2024-03-26
• Status Verified: 2024-04
• Study First Submitted: 2024-04-02
• Study First Submitted QC: 2024-04-02
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-04-02
• Study First Posted: 2024-04-08
• Last Update Posted: 2024-04-08
• Study Completion: 2028-01-01

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: RECRUITING
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 225

Inclusion Criteria

• minimum 16 years of age, registered player in the highest Swedish professional ice hockey league for women, SDHL

Exclusion Criteria

• age under 16 years.

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Elite female ice hockey players in Sweden	No intervention will be conducted.	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Injuries per 1000 training hours	1 year
Injuries per 1000 game hours	1 year

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

The Faculty of Medicine at Lund University; 🇸🇪 Malmö, Sweden