Preventing Injuries in Young Football Players
- Conditions
- Injury Prevention
- Interventions
- Other: Injury prevention program
- Registration Number
- NCT05137015
- Lead Sponsor
- Universität des Saarlandes
- Brief Summary
Football is the most popular sport in the world, with 260 million male and female active participants, including \~113,000 FIFA registered professional players. Playing football is fun and can provide many health benefits, however, it also presents a high injury risk. Studies on elite and non-elite footballers have reported similar injury rates in both genders. The most common football-related injuries are the knee and ankle ligament and thigh muscle strains, Over the past two decades, significant advancement has been made in the field of injury prevention in football. There are used trials to prevent specific injuries, as ankle sprain, ACL injuries, hamstring strains, etc. On the other hand, there are created programs designed to prevent a wider spectrum of injuries like FIFA11+.
Therefore, the aim of this study is to investigate the effect of a new injury prevention program on the overall injury incidence in young football players.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- Male
- Target Recruitment
- 1027
officially registered football club in the football federation of Kosovo players must be between 13-19 years old regular training must take place at least three times per week
teams already using an injury prevention program injured players
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Intervention Injury prevention program The intervention group will use the new injury prevention program at least twice per week in their training sessions.
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Overall injury rate up to 9 months
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
University of Gjakova
Gjakove, Kosovo