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Prevention of Injuries in Young Athletics (Track and Field) Athletes

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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03459313
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : March 8, 2018
Last Update Posted : October 1, 2019
Sponsor:
Collaborator:
Swedish Athletics Association
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Jenny Jacobsson, PhD, Linkoeping University

Study Description
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Brief Summary:
The long-term purpose of an on-going participatory action research program "The KLUB-study" in Sweden, that involves scientists and representatives from all levels of athletics, is to develop a sustainable framework for safe athletics (track and field) training for child athletes born 2002-2006. The first part of the research program, a 1-year longitudinal study analysing training and injury data, was completed in November 2017. The present study sets out to evaluate a website that aims to support coaches and caregivers in their role as adult key stakeholders to foster young athletes to become adult athletes who possess the tools to maintain a healthy sporting lifestyle.

Condition or disease Intervention/treatment Phase
Sports Injury Other: Active group Not Applicable

Detailed Description:

The intervention will be implemented in youth athletics and evaluated in a randomised controlled trial (RCT). It will follow the consensus guidelines for studies in athletics and be reported according to the CONSORT checklist. The participating clubs will be randomly allocated into active and control group. The active group will be provided the intervention program, i.e. access to a website, aimed to support coaches, caregivers´ and athletes' and improve knowledge and health literacy to make more informed choices that promote health. The control group will continue to train according to their routines and will get access to the website after 4 months.

The participants will be assessed at three times, at the beginning of the study (T1), after four months (T2), at ten months (T3) and additional prospective data on training and injury will be collected during the first four months (T1b).

Study Design
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Study Type : Interventional  (Clinical Trial)
Actual Enrollment : 140 participants
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Prevention
Official Title: Prevention of Injuries in Young Athletics (Track and Field) Athletes: Initiation of Life-long Sports Health Literacy - KLUB§ Athletics
Actual Study Start Date : March 18, 2018
Actual Primary Completion Date : July 20, 2018
Actual Study Completion Date : February 1, 2019

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MedlinePlus related topics: Health Literacy

Arms and Interventions
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Arm Intervention/treatment
Experimental: Active group
The active group will be provided the intervention program, i.e. access to a website.
 Other: Active group
For this study, the Frisk.Friidrott (Healthy.Athletics/Track&Field) website has been developed. The purpose of the website is to provide an easy-to-use tool that can assist coaches and parents involved in youth athletics with information how to structure training and recovery planning, provide guidance on possible injuries, and provide other information on health for youth athletes.
No Intervention: Control group
The control group will continue to train according to their routines and will get access to the website after 4 months.


Outcome Measures
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Primary Outcome Measures :
  1. Injury incidence [ Time Frame: four months ]
    The primary outcome measure will be time from study entry to the first reported injury event


Secondary Outcome Measures :
  1. Health literacy [ Time Frame: four and ten months ]
    Evaluate health literacy using Swedish versions of; The Japanese Communicative and Critical Health literacy scale (adults) and the Health Literacy for School-aged Children (HLSAC) instrument (youth athletes)


Eligibility Criteria
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Ages Eligible for Study:   12 Years to 16 Years   (Child)
Sexes Eligible for Study:   All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   Yes
Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  • belonging to a sports club and participate in organized training, athletics (track and field)
  • born 2002 - 2006

Exclusion Criteria:

  • not, on a regular basis, participating in athletics (track and field) training
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Locations
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Sweden
Swedish Athletics
Stockholm, Sweden
Sponsors and Collaborators
Linkoeping University
Swedish Athletics Association
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Responsible Party: Jenny Jacobsson, PhD, Principal Investigator, Linkoeping University
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03459313    
Other Study ID Numbers: 2017/520-31
First Posted: March 8, 2018    Key Record Dates
Last Update Posted: October 1, 2019
Last Verified: September 2019
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement:
Plan to Share IPD: No

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Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: No
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: No
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
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Wounds and Injuries
Athletic Injuries