Knowledge Translation Intervention for ACL Injury Prevention Program in Youth Soccer

Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries Clinical Trial

Official title:

The Effects of a Knowledge Translation Intervention With an ACL Prevention Program on Implementation, Injury Rates, and Performance in Youth Soccer Players

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Active, not recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05442879
• Other study ID #: HUM00214282
• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: July 1, 2022
• Est. completion date: August 30, 2024

Study information

• Verified date: April 2024
• Source: University of Michigan
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries of the knee are common in youth soccer players, and show an even higher prevalence in female soccer players. Clinical practice guidelines recommend ACL injury prevention programs (ACL-IPP) to reduce injury risk, yet implementation in amateur youth soccer is low, reducing actual real-world effectiveness. This trial is a pragmatic effectiveness trial for ACL injury prevention for amateur youth soccer players, using a knowledge translation intervention with the Knowledge-to-Action Framework.

Description:

ACL injury prevention programs (ACL-IPP) are exercise programs recommended by clinical practice guidelines that have been shown to reduce the risk of an ACL injury. However, implementation of these programs is low, which reduces the real-world effectiveness of these programs. This project will assess a knowledge translation intervention with youth soccer programs for implementation of ACL-IPPs utilizing the Knowledge-to-Action Framework. The main educational intervention will be a knowledge translation (KT) intervention between the researchers, and coaches/players of youth soccer programs within the state of Michigan. Specifics of the knowledge translation intervention will or may include focus groups, surveys, in-person training, video handouts, and paper handouts. This will be compared to coaches/teams that are offered a handout that describes an evidence-based ACL-IPP.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Enrollment: 671
• Est. completion date: August 30, 2024
• Est. primary completion date: August 30, 2024
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 14 Years to 19 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Amateur youth soccer organizations within southern Michigan.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Players above the age of 19 or below the age of 14

• Teams that have dedicated medical staffing

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries
• Lower Extremity Problem
• Wounds and Injuries

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Knowledge Translation Intervention
The KT intervention utilizes the communications between the teams and the researchers to promote implementation of the ACL-IPPs. The meetings will provide opportunities for mutually beneficial learning from the researchers, and feedback from the coaches on how to best implement strategies through local barriers in order to facilitate necessary changes to promote ACL-IPP usage while adhering to clinical practice guideline recommendations.
• Educational handout
Educational handout describing a commonly cited ACL-IPP.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	University of Michigan-Flint	Flint	Michigan

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Michigan	Community Foundation of Greater Flint

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Uptake of ACL-IPP	Reported frequency of implementation of ACL-IPP	up to 2 years
Primary	Number of ACL injuries		up to 2 years
Secondary	Change in 5-10-5 test time	Average change in 5-10-5 (Pro Agility) test time	2-4 months
Secondary	Change in horizontal jump distance	Average change in forward jumping distance	2-4 months
Secondary	Change in 10 meter forward run time	Average change in time spent running 10 meters	2-4 months
Secondary	Number of time-loss lower extremity injuries	Number of reported injuries to the foot, ankle, knee, and hip which cause a player to miss time with team	up to 2 years