NCT03868553

Header Burden in Football (Soccer)

The Header Burden in Children's and Youth' Football (Soccer)

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 480 (actual)
• Sponsor: Universität des Saarlandes · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 8 Years – 17 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

To assess the realistic magnitude of the header burden in children's and youth' football in eight European countries. In a cross-sectional observational design, one match of 60 different teams in each of the eight European countries were monitored via video recording throughout the second half of the regular season 2017/18 and the first half of the regular season 2018/19. Clubs with (female, male, or mixed) Under-10, Under-12 and female and male Under-16 teams were invited to participate. Header frequencies and types were analysed using standardized heading registration forms. Additionally, head injuries were recorded using standardized head injury registration forms.

Conditions

• Header Frequencies, Head Injuries

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	No intervention	observational study

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-01-01
• Primary completion: 2018-12-20
• Completion: 2018-12-31
• First posted: 2019-03-11
• Last updated: 2019-03-11

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Germany