To Evaluate the Effectiveness of an Injury Prevention Program in Athletics

Wounds and Injuries Clinical Trial

— PREVATHLE  

Official title:

PREVATHLE: To Evaluate the Effectiveness of an Injury Prevention Program in Athletics

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03307434
• Other study ID #: 1708116
• Secondary ID: ID-RCB
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: October 23, 2017
• Est. completion date: July 29, 2018

Study information

• Verified date: September 2018
• Source: Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint Etienne
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The practice of Athletics leads to risk of injuries: about 61 to 76% athletes will occurred at least one injury during a season. The prevention of Athletics injuries thus represents a major challenge for all stakeholders around athletes. In team sports, injury prevention programs have been implemented and scientifically validated. However, no injury prevention programs have been implemented and scientifically validated for Athletics. In this context, a primary objective will be to analyze the effectiveness of an Athletics Injury Prevention Program (AIPP) to reduce the frequency (percentage) of athletes presenting at least one injury complaint related to athletic practice at long term (40 weeks). A statistician will carry out a randomized control trial in cluster (clubs with AIPP and clubs without AIPP), multicenter, including athletes between 15 and 40 years old and licensed in athletic clubs and followed during an athletic season.

Description:

The person in charge of the platform will collect on a weekly basis via a IT-questionnaire sent out automatically every Monday the following parameters: injury complaints (presence or absence, and characteristics if presence) and exposure (number of hours of athletic practice (training and competition) and intensity), and the number of AIPP realization per week. The main criterion will be the frequency (percentage) of athletes presenting at least one injury complaint that have a consequence on the practice (reduction or cessation of practice).

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 880
• Est. completion date: July 29, 2018
• Est. primary completion date: July 29, 2018
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 15 Years to 40 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• To dismissed in athletics clubs affiliated to French Federation of Athletics

• To practice one of the disciplines of athletics

• Men or women aged between 15 and 40 years

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patient's refusal to participate in the study and / or inability to express agreement or signing the informed consent

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Athletics
• Prevention Program
• Wounds and Injuries

Intervention

Other:
• Athletics Injury Prevention Program
The Athletics Injury Prevention Program (AIPP) will be performed by experimental group twice a week. The AIPP is composed of 8 exercises including core stability, balance, pelvic stabilization, stretching and strengthening of the Achilles tendon and hamstrings.
• regular training
The regular training will be performed by control group according to the standard practice.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
France	Chu Saint-Etienne	Saint-Étienne

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint Etienne

Country where clinical trial is conducted

France, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	injury complaint and have a consequence on the practice	Frequency of athletes presenting at least one injury complaint and have a consequence on the practice (reduction or cessation of practice).	at 40 weeks
Secondary	injury complaint number and hours number of athletic practice	Correlation between injury complaint number and hours number of athletic practice	at 40 weeks
Secondary	injury complaint number and weeks number of athletic practice	Correlation between injury complaint number and weeks number of athletic practice	at 40 weeks
Secondary	week without injury complaints	Frequency of week without injury complaints	at 40 weeks
Secondary	injury complaint number at the training	Frequency of injury complaint number at the training	at 40 weeks
Secondary	injury complaint number and at the competition	Frequency of injury complaint number at the competition	at 40 weeks
Secondary	type of injury complaint between 4 consequences	the 4 consequences of injury complaint are : No consequence of athletic practice; reduce practice; Stop practice; and Consequence of practice	at 40 weeks
Secondary	injury complaint number by groups	Correlation of injury complaint number by groups	at 40 weeks
Secondary	injury complaint type	Number of injury complaint type: hamstrings, Achilles tendons, ankles, knees and rachis	at 40 weeks