Injuries in Swedish Youth Athletics. The KLUB-study.

Athletics Injuries Clinical Trial

Official title:

Injuries in Swedish Youth Athletics. The KLUB-study.

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02882867
• Other study ID #: Dnr 2016/175-31
• Status: Completed
• Start date: November 2016
• Est. completion date: December 2017

Study information

• Verified date: August 2018
• Source: Linkoeping University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

It is well known that participation in sports activities as a youth has several health benefits, but at the same time, studies report that the risk is high to obtain injuries related to participation. There is, however, increasing evidence that many of these injuries can be prevented if necessary measures are taken. Prospective studies are therefore needed to be able to plan and carry out measures to prevent the occurrence of injuries. The overall aim of the project KLUB is to study the prevalence and incidence of injuries among athletics youths aged 12-15 years. A particular focus will be placed on identifying factors associated with injury occurrence.

Description:

It is well known that participation in sports activities as a youth has several health benefits, but at the same time, studies report that the risk is high to obtain injuries related to participation. There is, however, increasing evidence that many of these injuries can be prevented if necessary measures are taken. So far, most studies examining sports injuries have been conducted on adult elite and among team sports, for example football, ice hockey and bandy. How injury patterns present in individual sports and among youth is not as well documented. A major problem in athletics is that studies have shown an almost identical prevalence and incidence of injury associated with athletics among both young and adult athletes.

Today there are very few published studies on international incidence of injuries among adolescent athletes in athletics and no describing the incidence in Swedish Athletics. These studies have different study design, definitions of injury and rather small groups of athletes, making it difficult to draw conclusions that can be the basis for prevention programs. What after all can be inferred from these previous studies is that injuries related to overuse seems to be most prevalent. Prospective studies are therefore needed to be able to plan and carry out measures to prevent the occurrence of injuries. We intend to carry out an intervention study among athletics youths aged 12-15 years. Before this is carried out, the investigators need to have adequate knowledge of the study population for the effective implementation of the intervention study.

The overall aim of the project KLUB is to study the prevalence and incidence of injuries among athletics youths aged 12-15 years. A particular focus will be placed on identifying factors associated with injury occurrence. The knowledge obtained will be used to allow for injury prevention in the future.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 150
• Est. completion date: December 2017
• Est. primary completion date: November 2017
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 12 Years to 15 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Age 12-15 years

• Regularly participate in organized athletics training

Exclusion Criteria:

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Athletic Injuries
• Athletics Injuries
• Wounds and Injuries

Intervention

Other:
• Injuries in Swedish Youth Athletics. The KLUB-study.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Sweden	Swedish Athletics	Stockholm

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Linkoeping University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Sweden, 

References & Publications (2)

Jacobsson J, Timpka T, Ekberg J, Kowalski J, Nilsson S, Renström P. Design of a protocol for large-scale epidemiological studies in individual sports: the Swedish Athletics injury study. Br J Sports Med. 2010 Dec;44(15):1106-11. doi: 10.1136/bjsm.2009.067678. Epub 2010 May 19. — View Citation

Timpka T, Alonso JM, Jacobsson J, Junge A, Branco P, Clarsen B, Kowalski J, Mountjoy M, Nilsson S, Pluim B, Renström P, Rønsen O, Steffen K, Edouard P. Injury and illness definitions and data collection procedures for use in epidemiological studies in Athletics (track and field): consensus statement. Br J Sports Med. 2014 Apr;48(7):483-90. doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2013-093241. — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Incidence of injuries in youth athletics	The athletes parents will be asked to provide information regarding training and report any injuries occurring based on the surveillance system developed by Jacobsson et al 2010	Reporting every second week during one year
Secondary	Pinpoint risk indicators and factors for different injury types/patterns	The athletes parents will be asked to provide information regarding training and report any injuries occurring based on the surveillance system developed by Jacobsson et al 2010 and Timpka et al 2014	Reporting every second week during one year