Preventive Treatment of Groin Pain in Football

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Healthy
• Interventions: Other: preventive treatment group

• Registration Number: NCT05713487
• Lead Sponsor: Universita degli Studi di Genova

Brief Summary

Groin pain represents a common issue in football. Currently, there are no prevention protocols demonstrating real effectiveness. We aimed to investigate the possible positive effect of a prevention program for groin pain.Forty-two élite male athletes belonging to a youth academy of a professional football club were recruited in this prospective, randomized, controlled, single-blind, study.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2022-01-10
• Primary Completion: 2022-05-20
• Study Completion: 2022-12-20
• Study First Submitted: 2023-01-24
• Status Verified: 2023-02
• Study First Submitted QC: 2023-02-03
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-02-03
• Study First Posted: 2023-02-06
• Last Update Posted: 2023-02-06

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Male
• Target Recruitment: 42

Inclusion Criteria

• subjects between the ages of sixteen and eighteen, belonging to the youth sector of a professional club.

Exclusion Criteria

• Presence of pain or injuries at the level of the hip-hip region at the initial assessment.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
preventive treatment group	preventive treatment group	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Strength in the adductors	One day before the start of the physical protocol and one day after the end of the physical protocol	The strength was evaluated in Newton during maximal voluntary isometric contraction used a dynamometer (Activforce 2)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Groin pain	One day before the start of the physical protocol and one day after the end of the physical protocol	The pain was rated using the Numeric Pain Rating Scale (NPRS) (0-10; 0 represents no pain and 10 represents maximum pain) during maximal voluntary isometric contraction (Copenhagen five-second squeeze test).
Pain in the hip joint	One day before the start of the physical protocol and one day after the end of the physical protocol	The pain was rated using the Numeric Pain Rating Scale (NPRS) (0-10; 0 represents no pain and 10 represents maximum pain) during maximal voluntary isometric contraction (Copenhagen five-second squeeze test).
Range of motion (ROM) of the hip joint	One day before the start of the physical protocol and one day after the end of the physical protocol	ROM was assessed using the distance (cm) from the head of the fibula to the edge of the bed (Bent Knee Fall Out Test)

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Università degli Studi di Genova; 🇮🇹 Genova, Italy