Effect of Neuromuscular Warm-up on Injuries in Female Athletes in Urban Public High Schools: A Cluster-randomized Controlled Trial

Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago1 site in 1 country1,653 target enrollmentJuly 2006

ConditionsKnee Injuries Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries Ankle Injuries Lower Extremity Injuries

Overview

Phase: Not Applicable
Intervention: Not specified
Conditions: Knee Injuries
Sponsor: Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
Enrollment: 1653
Locations: 1
Primary Endpoint: lower extremity injury rates
Status: Completed
Last Updated: 8 years ago

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Overview

Brief Summary

The goal of the study is to determine effect of coach-led neuromuscular warm-up on non-contact, lower extremity (LE) injury rates among female athletes in a predominantly non-white public high school system. The investigators hypothesized the warm-up would reduce non-contact LE injuries.

Detailed Description

We will recruit basketball and soccer coaches and their athletes from Chicago public high schools. We will randomize teams to intervention and control groups. We will train intervention coaches to implement a 20-minute neuromuscular warm-up and tracked training costs. Control coaches will use their usual warm-up. All coaches will report weekly athlete exposures (AEs) and injuries resulting in a missed practice/game. Research assistants will interview injured athletes. We will compare injury rates between control and intervention groups.

Registry

clinicaltrials.gov

Start Date

July 2006

End Date

July 2009

Last Updated

8 years ago

Study Type

Interventional

Study Design

Parallel