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Study NCT ID:
NCT04021576
Status:
COMPLETED
Last Update Posted:
2023-03-03
First Post:
2019-07-12
Brief Title:
Fitness- and Health-related Effects of a Sports Injury Prevention Program in Competitive Alpine Skiers
Sponsor:
Balgrist University Hospital
Organization:
Balgrist University Hospital
Study Overview
Official Title:
Fitness- and Health-related Effects of a Sports Injury Prevention Program in Competitive Alpine Skiers
Status:
COMPLETED
Status Verified Date:
2023-03
Last Known Status:
None
Delayed Posting:
No
If Stopped, Why?:
Not Stopped
Has Expanded Access:
False
If Expanded Access, NCT#:
N/A
Has Expanded Access, NCT# Status:
N/A
Acronym:
ISPA
Brief Summary:
Overall Goal Elaboration of an evidence-based national prevention strategy to protect the health of competitive alpine skiers with a particular focus on youth athletes
Background Competitive alpine skiing has a relatively high injury risk 60 of all athletes suffer from a severe knee injury in the early stages of their career and 20 struggle with recurrent overuse problems of the knee and lower back
Research Aims 1 to investigate the effects of a 12-month sports injury prevention program on training attitudes eccentric hamstring strength leg axis-hip-core-stability and general fitness in competitive alpine skiers 2 to assess the effectiveness the aforementioned prevention program to lower the occurring health problems in competitive alpine skiers 3 to identify different pain conditions knee back no pain based on data measured with smartphones and 4 to investigate the agreement of self-reported questionnaire data with measured smartphone data and pain as an affecting factor
Methods 12-month intervention a sports injury prevention program a prospective health- and trainingactivity-monitoring as well as assessments of eccentric hamstring strength leg axishipcore stability and general fitness at baseline and follow-up
Background Competitive alpine skiing has a relatively high injury risk 60 of all athletes suffer from a severe knee injury in the early stages of their career and 20 struggle with recurrent overuse problems of the knee and lower back
Research Aims 1 to investigate the effects of a 12-month sports injury prevention program on training attitudes eccentric hamstring strength leg axis-hip-core-stability and general fitness in competitive alpine skiers 2 to assess the effectiveness the aforementioned prevention program to lower the occurring health problems in competitive alpine skiers 3 to identify different pain conditions knee back no pain based on data measured with smartphones and 4 to investigate the agreement of self-reported questionnaire data with measured smartphone data and pain as an affecting factor
Methods 12-month intervention a sports injury prevention program a prospective health- and trainingactivity-monitoring as well as assessments of eccentric hamstring strength leg axishipcore stability and general fitness at baseline and follow-up
Detailed Description:
The primary objectives of this study are
1 to investigate the effects of a sports injury prevention program on train-ing attitudes eccentric hamstring strength leg axis-hip-core-stability and general fitness in competitive alpine skiers
2 to assess the effectiveness the prevention program to lower the occur-ring health problems ie traumatic injuries overuse injuries and illnesses in competitive alpine skiers
The secondary objectives of this study are
3 to investigate the agreement between self-reported questionnaire data with unobtrusively measured smartphone data ie sensor-based activity data to monitor the prevention program
4 to identify athletes at risk for developing pain and injury based on digitally acquired data questionnaires and activity sensor data
The primary study outcomes are the changes in training attitudes maximal eccentric hamstring strength leg axis-hip-core-stability general fitness-related factors and the occurring health problems in competitive youth alpine skiers over a 12-month intervention period These outcomes are assessed by established methods of strength testing neuromuscular screening and load- and health-monitoring
The secondary outcome is a smartphone enabled training and injury prevention program for skiing athletes
Study design Medical Training Therapy MTT Intervention with historical control Group
Methods and procedures
Fitness- and health-related factors are assessed before and after a 12-month observational period and before and after a 12-month preventative training intervention period
Maximal eccentric hamstring strength is tested by using the NordBord Inc VALD Performance AU
Leg axis-hip-core-stability related measures are assessed by biomechani-cal measurement technologies such as Vicon Vero Inc Vicon Motion Sys-tems Ltd UK mobile 2D force plates MLD Inc SP Sportdiagnosegeräte GmbH AT mobile 3D force plates Inc Kistler Group SUI and surface electromyography EMG aktos Inc Myon AG SUI
General fitness-related factors are quantified by the Swiss-Ski Power Test incl the tasks swiss cross push up 5-jump standing long jump twist test obstacle course high box jump and 12 run
The athletes training loadsactivities are monitored using custom question-naires and measurements obtained through a smartphone ie activity sen-sors
The athletes health is monitored by the OSTRC questionnaire The athletes biological agematurity offset is estimated according to the non-invasive anthropometric-based method of Mirwald et al
Intervention The intervention ie the preventative training program includes a specific complementary training of leg- hip- and core-strengthstability and will be conducted over an intervention period of 12 months The control interven-tion compromises no such training program
1 to investigate the effects of a sports injury prevention program on train-ing attitudes eccentric hamstring strength leg axis-hip-core-stability and general fitness in competitive alpine skiers
2 to assess the effectiveness the prevention program to lower the occur-ring health problems ie traumatic injuries overuse injuries and illnesses in competitive alpine skiers
The secondary objectives of this study are
3 to investigate the agreement between self-reported questionnaire data with unobtrusively measured smartphone data ie sensor-based activity data to monitor the prevention program
4 to identify athletes at risk for developing pain and injury based on digitally acquired data questionnaires and activity sensor data
The primary study outcomes are the changes in training attitudes maximal eccentric hamstring strength leg axis-hip-core-stability general fitness-related factors and the occurring health problems in competitive youth alpine skiers over a 12-month intervention period These outcomes are assessed by established methods of strength testing neuromuscular screening and load- and health-monitoring
The secondary outcome is a smartphone enabled training and injury prevention program for skiing athletes
Study design Medical Training Therapy MTT Intervention with historical control Group
Methods and procedures
Fitness- and health-related factors are assessed before and after a 12-month observational period and before and after a 12-month preventative training intervention period
Maximal eccentric hamstring strength is tested by using the NordBord Inc VALD Performance AU
Leg axis-hip-core-stability related measures are assessed by biomechani-cal measurement technologies such as Vicon Vero Inc Vicon Motion Sys-tems Ltd UK mobile 2D force plates MLD Inc SP Sportdiagnosegeräte GmbH AT mobile 3D force plates Inc Kistler Group SUI and surface electromyography EMG aktos Inc Myon AG SUI
General fitness-related factors are quantified by the Swiss-Ski Power Test incl the tasks swiss cross push up 5-jump standing long jump twist test obstacle course high box jump and 12 run
The athletes training loadsactivities are monitored using custom question-naires and measurements obtained through a smartphone ie activity sen-sors
The athletes health is monitored by the OSTRC questionnaire The athletes biological agematurity offset is estimated according to the non-invasive anthropometric-based method of Mirwald et al
Intervention The intervention ie the preventative training program includes a specific complementary training of leg- hip- and core-strengthstability and will be conducted over an intervention period of 12 months The control interven-tion compromises no such training program
Study Oversight
Has Oversight DMC:
None
Is a FDA Regulated Drug?:
False
Is a FDA Regulated Device?:
False
Is an Unapproved Device?:
None
Is a PPSD?:
None
Is a US Export?:
None
Is an FDA AA801 Violation?:
None