Effects Provided by a Physiotherapy Treatment Preventing Lower Extremity Injuries in Female Football Players

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries; Prevention & Control; Injuries, Knee
• Interventions: Behavioral: Physiotherapy program of lumbopelvic stabilization and strengthening of the hip region musculature

• Registration Number: NCT04062578
• Lead Sponsor: Universidad de Zaragoza

Brief Summary

Background and justification: Women's football has a percentage of knee injury of 31.8%, and the anterior cruciate ligament lesion is between 2 and 4 times higher than the male. Injury prevention programs seek to improve the control of the neuromuscular recruitment, dynamic valgus and lumbopelvic stabilization. Recently Cibulka and Bennett have proposed a new prevention theory based on the strengthening of the external abductor and hip rotator muscles. The objective of this study is to design and carry out a physiotherapy program based on the prevention of modifiable risks factors.

Design: Controlled clinical trial

Methodology: 2 groups were formed, the first or experimental integrated by the female players from football team called CD Oliver (CDO), and control, integrated by the female players of the first team SD Huesca (SDH). The investigators will carried out an initial and final evaluation in which they will be collected data on variables of injury incidence, muscle length and torque. A physiotherapy program will be implemented that will consider three areas of weekly action during training, preventive force sessions, compensatory force sessions and physiotherapy sessions.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2019-08-06
• Study First Submitted QC: 2019-08-16
• Study First Posted: 2019-08-20
• Status Verified: 2019-09
• Last Update Submitted: 2019-09-03
• Last Update Posted: 2019-09-04
• Study Start: 2019-09-09
• Primary Completion: 2020-01-20
• Study Completion: 2020-01-20

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 35

Inclusion Criteria

• Have a valid federal license signed by the competent medical authority.
• Be part of a team registered in the federated league.
• Train 4 and a half hours a week or more.
• Compete and train in regulatory fields, with artificial grass.
• Have a staff composed of a qualified technician, registered and in possession of the corresponding validated license.
• Sign the informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria

• Suffering a lower limb injury at the start of the study.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
CD Oliver	Physiotherapy program of lumbopelvic stabilization and strengthening of the hip region musculature	Female first team players of the club that plays in the National Second Division league.
SD Huesca	Physiotherapy program of lumbopelvic stabilization and strengthening of the hip region musculature	Female first team players who play in the Aragonese Territorial First league

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in the strength of hip musculature	The measures will be taken at the beginning and at the end of the study (45 minutes per player)	Quadriceps Hamstrings internal and external hip rotators hip abductors Hip flexors Hip extensors

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in the muscle length test	The measures will be taken at the beginning and at the end of the study (45 minutes per player)	Ely test (active and passive) Ober test (active and passive) Ake test Pake test
Injuries Incidence	through study completion, an average of 1 year	number and type of injuries

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Loreto Ferrández Laliena; 🇪🇸 Zaragoza, Spain