Status:
COMPLETED
Prevention of Lower Limb and Groin Injuries: the Sport Without Injury ProgrammE (SWIPE) Football Trial
Lead Sponsor:
Linkoeping University
Collaborating Sponsors:
The Swedish Research Council
Swedish Research Council for Sport Science
Conditions:
Athletic Injuries
Eligibility:
All Genders
14+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
This is a three-armed intervention study that evaluates the injury preventive effects of three different training interventions in youth and adult football players. Two intervention arms are randomize...
Detailed Description
The study is a cluster-randomized controlled trial including male and female youth and adult football players (≥14 years). Club is used as cluster unit, where all the teams from the same club will be ...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Inclusion Criteria for randomized intervention arms A and B:
- Teams participating in youth or adult league series in the 2020 football season. All players in the eligible teams will be invited to participate (players from the age of 14 and older, born 2006 or earlier)
- Teams who have not used a structured training program aiming to prevent injuries that resembles the 3 intervention arms (e.g. the Knee Control program, Knee Control+ program, 11+ program, Adductor strengthening program) on a regular basis the last year
- Teams who have scheduled training at least twice per week
- Inclusion criteria for the non-randomized intervention arm C:
- Teams participating in youth or adult league series in the 2020 football season. All players in the eligible teams will be invited to participate (players from the age of 14 and older, born 2006 or earlier)
- Teams who have used the Knee Control program on a regular basis the last year, but no other structured training program aiming to prevent injuries (e.g. the Knee Control+ program, 11+ program, Adductor strengthening program)
- Teams who have scheduled training at least twice per week
- Exclusion Criteria:
- Teams who have used a structured groin injury prevention exercise program (e.g. Adductor strengthening program, Hölmich protocol) on a regular basis the last year
Exclusion
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
March 30 2020
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
December 31 2020
Estimated Enrollment :
548 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT04272047
Start Date
March 30 2020
End Date
December 31 2020
Last Update
April 7 2022
Active Locations (1)
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Linköping University
Linköping, Sweden, 58183