NCT07179393

Evaluating the Efficacy of a Ladies Gaelic Football-Specific Injury Prevention Programme

Evaluating the Efficacy of a Ladies Gaelic Football-Specific Injury Prevention Programme: A Cluster Randomised Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 197 (actual)
• Sponsor: Dublin City University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The aim of this research is to evaluate the impact of an injury prevention programme on injury risk factors and performance outcomes in Ladies Gaelic Football players. This injury prevention programme was designed with input from Ladies Gaelic football stakeholders and experts and this study will determine if this programme reduces injury risk and improves physical performance over time. Participants will complete physical performance tests before and after the intervention, which consists of incorporating the injury prevention programme into regular team training sessions for 12 weeks. The study will also integrate a qualitative component to assess player's perceptions of the programme and their willingness to implement it.

Conditions

• Injury
• Physical Performances

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Ladies Gaelic Football-Specific Injury Prevention Programme	This intervention is an injury prevention programme designed with input from Ladies Gaelic football stakeholders (players and coaches) as well as experienced athletic therapy and physiotherapy practitioners and academics from the disciplines of injury prevention and coaching science.

Timeline

• Start date: 2025-06-23
• Primary completion: 2025-10-03
• Completion: 2025-10-03
• First posted: 2025-09-17
• Last updated: 2025-12-26

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Ireland