Tailored exercises for elite youth football players
Completed
- Conditions
- Knee, Hamstring, Adductor, Ankle, Achilles, Prevention, Injury, Exercise
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON24392
- Lead Sponsor
- Erasmus Medical Center
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 100
Inclusion Criteria
Age 14-21 years.
- Male gender.
Exclusion Criteria
- Football player is not willing to participate in the study.
- Parents of the football player are not willing to sign informed consent form.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The Knee Abduction Moment (KAM) score. This is a validated and reliable method to predict the risk of knee injury.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method - Difference in test characteristics of Weight Bearing Dorsiflexion Lunge Test (WBDLT) (toe-to-wall distance, angle of tibia during), between the training group versus the control group, three months after baseline measurements. <br /><br>- Difference in test characteristics of Single Leg Balance Test (SLBT) between the training group versus the control group.<br /><br>- Difference in test characteristics of the adductor strength test between the training and the control group.<br /><br>- Difference in test characteristics of the hamstring strength test between the training group versus the control group. <br /><br>- Compliance to the tailored exercise programme.<br /><br>- Difference in injury rate between the training group and the control group.<br>