Prevention in Volleyball Players

Prevention Clinical Trial

Official title:

The Efficiency of a Warm-up Prevention Program in Volleyball Players

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04892121
• Other study ID #: Prevention VB
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: August 15, 2021
• Est. completion date: June 30, 2022

Study information

• Verified date: November 2022
• Source: University of Liege
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The objective of this study is to assess the interest and the efficiency of a warm-up prevention program on the prevalence of shoulder injuries in amateur volleyball players.

Around ten teams will be included in the study. They will be divided into two groups (blind):

an intervention group and a control group.

A warm-up prevention program will implemented in the teams of intervention group. This program will have to be followed twice a week, at the beginning of the training session.

In both groups, shoulder injuries will be registered each month by an online questionnaire.

Description:

Around ten teams will be recruted among the clubs in the Province of Liege. They will be divided into two groups (blind): an intervention group and a control group.

Each month, both groups will be asked to fill in a form with the potential injuries they experienced during the past month.

• Intervention group :

All the teams included in the intervention group will be asked to follow a warm-up prevention program (about 15 minutes) at least twice a week, at the beginning of the training session.

At the beginning of the season, one experimenter will go to the different clubs in order to present the program, to explain the exercises and to correct the players while doint the exercises.

During the season, the same experimenter will go to the clubs at regular intervals to make sure that the players are well doing the program and to assess the compliance.

• Control group :

The objective of the control group is to estimate the prevalence of shoulder injuries in a group without any prevention implementation. The players of this group will jus have to answer the monthly questionnaire about the potential injuries they experienced during the previous month.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 93
• Est. completion date: June 30, 2022
• Est. primary completion date: June 30, 2022
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 15 Years to 35 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• volleyball players in Provincial level (P1-P2)

• practicing volleyball at least 4 hours in a week

• no "prevention routines"

Exclusion Criteria:

• having a prevention program

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Prevention

Intervention

Other:
• Prevention exercises
Participants will have to follow a warm-up prevention program (15 minutes) twice a week

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Belgium	Fédération de Volleyball Wallonie-Bruxelles	Namur

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Liege

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Belgium, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Prevalence of shoulder injuries	The number of injuries the players experienced during the season	through study completion, an average of 1 year
Primary	Compliance with the program	The number of time the players did the program during each month	through study completion, an average of 1 year