NCT00894595

Preventing Knee Injuries in Adolescent Female Football Players

Preventing Knee Injuries in Adolescent Female Football Players - Protocol of a Cluster-randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 4,564 (actual)
• Sponsor: Region Skane · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 13 Years – 17 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

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.

Conditions

• Knee Injury

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Knäkontroll, SISU Idrottsböcker©, Sweden, 2005	The preventive program (Knäkontroll, SISU Idrottsböcker©, Sweden, 2005) consists of six exercises focusing on knee control and core stability and is performed during the warm-up at two training sessions per week throughout the 2009 competitive season.

Timeline

• Start date: 2008-08-01
• Primary completion: 2010-10-01
• Completion: 2010-10-01
• First posted: 2009-05-07
• Last updated: 2011-01-04

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Sweden