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Effect of Neuromuscular Warm-up on Injuries in Female Athletes

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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01092286
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : March 24, 2010
Last Update Posted : January 25, 2018
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Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Cynthia LaBella, Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

Study Description
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Brief Summary:
The goal of the study is to determine effect of coach-led neuromuscular warm-up on non-contact, lower extremity (LE) injury rates among female athletes in a predominantly non-white public high school system. The investigators hypothesized the warm-up would reduce non-contact LE injuries.

Condition or disease Intervention/treatment Phase
Knee Injuries Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries Ankle Injuries Lower Extremity Injuries Other: neuromuscular warm-up Not Applicable

Detailed Description:
We will recruit basketball and soccer coaches and their athletes from Chicago public high schools. We will randomize teams to intervention and control groups. We will train intervention coaches to implement a 20-minute neuromuscular warm-up and tracked training costs. Control coaches will use their usual warm-up. All coaches will report weekly athlete exposures (AEs) and injuries resulting in a missed practice/game. Research assistants will interview injured athletes. We will compare injury rates between control and intervention groups.
Study Design
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Study Type : Interventional  (Clinical Trial)
Actual Enrollment : 1653 participants
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Prevention
Official Title: Effect of Neuromuscular Warm-up on Injuries in Female Athletes in Urban Public High Schools: A Cluster-randomized Controlled Trial
Study Start Date : July 2006
Actual Primary Completion Date : July 2009
Actual Study Completion Date : July 2009

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Arms and Interventions
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Arm Intervention/treatment
Experimental: neuromuscular warm-up
coaches in this arm use the prescribed warm-up before team practices
 Other: neuromuscular warm-up
neuromuscular warm-up exercises that take 20 minutes to perform
Other Name: Knee Injury Prevention Program (KIPP)
No Intervention: no warm-up
coaches use their usual warm-up before team practices


Outcome Measures
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Primary Outcome Measures :
  1. lower extremity injury rates [ Time Frame: one year ]

Secondary Outcome Measures :
  1. coach compliance with warm-up [ Time Frame: one year ]

Eligibility Criteria
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Ages Eligible for Study:   14 Years to 80 Years   (Child, Adult, Older Adult)
Sexes Eligible for Study:   All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   Yes
Criteria

Inclusion Criteria for High School Students (initial part of study - completed)

  • plays basketball or soccer for a Chicago public high school team
  • coaches basketball or soccer for a Chicago public high school team
  • female, age 14-20

Inclusion Criteria for coaches (current part of study):

  • Willing to implement a new warm-up before their team's practices and games
  • Willing to complete a pre- and post-season survey before and after using the warm-up program for one season (surveys are attached).
  • Willing to complete a pre- and post-workshop test before and after the workshop (tests are attached).
  • Willing to allow study personnel to observe their implementation of the warm-up at up to three team practices or games.

Exclusion Criteria for coaches (current part of study) There are no separate exclusion criteria for coaches.

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Locations
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United States, Illinois
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60611
Sponsors and Collaborators
Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
Investigators
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Principal Investigator: Cynthia R LaBella, MD Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
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Responsible Party: Cynthia LaBella, Medical Director, Institute for Sports Medicine, Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01092286    
Other Study ID Numbers: IRB2006-12888
First Posted: March 24, 2010    Key Record Dates
Last Update Posted: January 25, 2018
Last Verified: January 2018
Keywords provided by Cynthia LaBella, Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago:
Knee injury
ankle sprain
anterior cruciate ligament
adolescent
 soccer
basketball
prevention
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
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Wounds and Injuries
Knee Injuries
Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries
Ankle Injuries
Leg Injuries