Effect of the Interaction Between the Type of Artificial Turf and Boots Model of Bone Health in Children Soccer Players

Physical Fitness Clinical Trial

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Official title:

Effect of the Interaction Between the Type of Artificial Turf and Boots Model of Bone Health in Children Soccer Players

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02399553
• Other study ID #: DEP 2103-32724
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: March 20, 2015
• Last updated: May 11, 2016
• Start date: September 2013
• Est. completion date: January 2016

Study information

• Verified date: May 2016
• Source: Universidad de Zaragoza
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: SPAIN: CEICA Government of Aragon
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The number of turf fields has experienced an important increase in public and private facilities during the last years. This artificial surface will be predominant in any soccer field in the next years. Among turf fields there are many different types depending on their construction characteristics (with and without asphalted base, elastic base, rubber filling, etc.). Officially all types of artificial turfs should have similar stability and impact absorption characteristics. On the other hand there is a great variety of soccer-boots, especially for youth soccer players, similar to the football stars.

Many evidences support the fact that when a person exercises many different type of impacts-stimulus are necessary in order to stimulate bone and skeletal muscle systems. However, it is not known yet whether this effect can be extended or shortened depending on the type of artificial surface and soccer-boots used, or even more whether it could be more or less dangerous and/or provoke injuries/disagreement among the users. Little information is available in youth soccer player pointing in the same direction but still controversial. Furthermore, bone strength do not only depends on bone mass but on bone structure and microarchitecture. The cross sectional area, cortex thickness or trabecular density are important aspects of bone health. There are few studies on the effect of interaction between turf field and soccer boots on bone architecture of youth soccer players. This information is relevant for present and future health of adolescents practicing football and for all the organizations promoting this sport.

Due to the fact that turf fields are preferentially used by youth populations, it is important to know the real effects of the interaction between of different type of artificial surfaces and soccer boots on children bone mass development. Nowadays, there are no data and/or defined guidelines that can answer those unresolved questions, thus the main aim of the present project is to identify which turf field and soccer boots are the most adequate to optimize the acquisitions of bone mass in children soccer players.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 129
• Est. completion date: January 2016
• Est. primary completion date: January 2016
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 11 Years to 13 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Both: Aged from 11-13 years.

• Both: Parental/guardian permission (informed consent) and if appropriate, child verbal assent.

• Specific for the control group: Subjects that do not perform more than 3 hours of physical activity per week.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Taking medication affecting bone.

• Non-Caucasian.

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Prevention

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Bone Density
• Physical Fitness
• Soccer

Intervention

Other:
• Soccer boot intervention

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Spain	José Antonio Casajús Mallén	Zaragoza

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Universidad de Zaragoza

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Spain, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Change in body composition during 2 years evaluated by Dual energy X-ray absorptiometry		Change from baseline in body composition at 2 years	Yes