Effectiveness and Process Evaluation of the Injury-preventive Program #Utviklingsklar
- Conditions
- Sports Injury
- Interventions
- Behavioral: #Utviklingsklar
- Registration Number
- NCT06486090
- Lead Sponsor
- Norwegian School of Sport Sciences
- Brief Summary
The majority of injuries among Norwegian youth occur in sports. The purpose of the project is to conduct an effect and process evaluation of the intervention #Utviklingsklar, an injury-preventive club-based intervention in youth handball and football. Central to the evaluation is whether the intervention influences the occurrence of new and recurring injuries through changed coaching practices (injury prevention warm-up, strength training, and management of players with pain and injuries). Over one season, participants from 30 clubs in youth handball and football respectively will participate in two cluster-randomized studies. Coaches and club leaders implement #Utviklingsklar and create plans and practices for injury prevention. The control clubs train as usual. Players report injuries. An additional handball and football club are followed up with observation and interviews in a qualitative part of the process evaluation. The project provides knowledge about how injuries and health in the ¾ of Norwegian youth who participate in organized sports are affected by interventions aimed at club and coaching practices.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- RECRUITING
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 4256
Not provided
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Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description #Utviklingsklar #Utviklingsklar The intervention consists of 1) an e-learning course, 2) a workshop to create plans and practices for injury-prevention, 3) a mid-season meeting
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center Questionnaire on Health Problems (OSTRC-H2) Average of biweekly reports over 1 sports season (estimated to 32 weeks) Weekly injury severity score (0 best - 100 worst)
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Injury location 1 sports season (estimated to 32 weeks) Sports Injury Preventive Behavior Questionnaire (construct scores 0 worst - 1 best) Baseline, post workshop, midseason (about 16 weeks) and post season (about 32 weeks) Time from injury to return to full sports participation 1 sports season (estimated to 32 weeks) Injury-preventive coaching practices questionnaire Baseline and post season (about 32 weeks) Injury burden 1 sports season (estimated to 32 weeks) Injury type (acute or overuse) 1 sports season (estimated to 32 weeks) Recurrent injury 1 sports season (estimated to 32 weeks)
Trial Locations
- Locations (5)
Håndballregion Nord
🇳🇴Trondheim, Norway
Trøndelag Fotballkrets
🇳🇴Trondheim, Norway
Oslo Fotballkrets
🇳🇴Oslo, Norway
Hordaland Fotballkrets
🇳🇴Bergen, Norway
Håndballregion Øst
🇳🇴Oslo, Norway