Preventing Knee Injuries in Adolescent Female Football Players

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Knee Injury
• Interventions: Behavioral: Knäkontroll, SISU Idrottsböcker©, Sweden, 2005

• Registration Number: NCT00894595
• Lead Sponsor: Region Skane

Brief Summary

Football-related knee injuries are common and especially the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury constitute a serious problem in football regardless of the playing level. The purpose of this study is to conduct a randomized controlled trial evaluating the effect of a training program designed to prevent acute knee injury in female adolescent football players.

The investigators' hypotheses are:

1. a preventive training program reduces the incidence of ACL injury, and

2. a high match frequency and match play at senior level increase the risk of ACL injury.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2008-08
• Study First Submitted: 2009-05-06
• Study First Submitted QC: 2009-05-06
• Study First Posted: 2009-05-07
• Primary Completion: 2010-10
• Study Completion: 2010-10
• Status Verified: 2010-12
• Last Update Submitted: 2011-01-03
• Last Update Posted: 2011-01-04

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 4564

Inclusion Criteria

• Teams with female football players aged 13-17 years

Exclusion Criteria

• Teams that did not reply to the invitation or declined participation
• Teams having less than two scheduled training sessions per week
• Teams already using the preventive program

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Control group	Knäkontroll, SISU Idrottsböcker©, Sweden, 2005	The clubs in the control group are instructed to train and play as usual throughout the 2009 season
Intervention group	Knäkontroll, SISU Idrottsböcker©, Sweden, 2005	The clubs in the intervention group are instructed to perform a warm-up program at two training sessions per week throughout the entire 2009 competitive season.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The incidence of ACL injury	One competitive football season

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The incidence of any acute knee injury except contusion	One competitive football season

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Department of Medical and Health Sciences, Linköping University; 🇸🇪 Linköping, Sweden