Effect of Neuromuscular Warm-up on Injuries in Female Athletes

January 23, 2018 updated by: Cynthia LaBella, Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

Effect of Neuromuscular Warm-up on Injuries in Female Athletes in Urban Public High Schools: A Cluster-randomized Controlled Trial

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.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

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 Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

1653

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • United States
    • Illinois
      • Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60611
        • Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

14 years to 80 years (Child, Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

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.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Prevention
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / 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 Names:
  • Knee Injury Prevention Program (KIPP)
No Intervention: no warm-up
coaches use their usual warm-up before team practices

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
lower extremity injury rates
Time Frame: one year
one year

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
coach compliance with warm-up
Time Frame: one year
one year

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Cynthia R LaBella, MD, Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

July 1, 2006

Primary Completion (Actual)

July 1, 2009

Study Completion (Actual)

July 1, 2009

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

March 23, 2010

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 23, 2010

First Posted (Estimate)

March 24, 2010

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

January 25, 2018

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

January 23, 2018

Last Verified

January 1, 2018

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Other Study ID Numbers

  • IRB2006-12888

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