Focus of a Running Schedule and Risk of Running Injuries

February 5, 2018 updated by: Northern Orthopaedic Division, Denmark

The Focus of a Running Schedule and Its Association With the Risk of Running Injuries? A Randomized Trial.

Running is a natural part of human locomotion and humans have been running for million of years. In modern society, running has become a popular way of exercise and is undertaken by many people worldwide, possibly because it provides a cheap and easily accessible form of exercise, and the positive effects of running on health and fitness are well known. Unfortunately, running is also associated with a high risk of injury.

The purpose of this project is to investigate how a running schedule which focuses either on running distance or running speed influence the overall risk of injury and the types of injury sustained in recreational runners.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

Trails directed at investigating differences in injury risk in relation to the focus of the running schedule have been conducted without any firm conclusions. People engaged in recreational running or choosing running as a new and active lifestyle needs guidance on which running schedules minimize the injury risk, aiding their chance of an active lifestyle and possibly reversing the increase in people developing a lifestyle disease. To develop running schedules minimizing the risk of injury, an understanding of the mechanisms that the different training variables impose on the human body is necessary. The existing literature on running intensity and the development of injuries show conflicting result. More studies are necessary to ascertain if there is a relationship between the intensity of running. In such studies, it is important to include other training variables in the analysis and to quantify running exposure using an objective method of measuring the relative intensity and absolute volume.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

839

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

  • Denmark
      • Aalborg, Denmark, 9000
        • Clinic for Neuro- and Orthopaedic Diseases, Aalborg University Hospital

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years to 65 years (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • on average 1-3 weekly running sessions the past 6 months
  • owns a pair of running shoes
  • internet access and mail address
  • owns a Garmin GPS watch (pulse rate watch) or an IPhone/Android phone

Exclusion Criteria:

  • previous injury in lower extremity within the past 6 months
  • unable to follow the running regime in 6 consecutive months
  • do not want to use GPS (Global Positioning System) watch or Android/Smart phone to register training
  • unable to read or understand Danish
  • deprecated by personal GP (General Practitioner) to run due to former surgery or physical disease
  • mental condition that does not allow participation (e.g. externalizing behaviors, dementia)
  • pregnancy
  • participants with blood pressure above normal according to WHO guidelines will need to consult own GP (General Practitioner) for approval

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: Double

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Active Comparator: Preconditioning running
An 8 week preconditioning period. The variables of interest are running distance and running intensity: running speed >80% VO2max (maximal oxygen uptake).
Behavioral: An 8 week preconditioning period
Receipt of a weekly running schedule through an online training diary.
Active Comparator: Follow-up period

The Volume group progress 23% in total weekly running distance in the last adaptation week in the prior 4 week block.

The Intensity group progress 23% in weekly distance of running above 80% VO2 max (maximal oxygen uptake), based on the distance of running above 80% VO2max in the last adaptation week in the prior 4 week block.
Behavioral: 16 week training period
Receipt of a weekly running schedule through an online training diary.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Running Related Injury (RRI)
Time Frame: 24 weeks
An injury will be reported through the online training diary. If the runners are injured an appointment for clinical examination is made with the diagnostic staff.
24 weeks

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Symptoms of overuse injury
Time Frame: 24 weeks
A physical problem perceived as pain, tenderness, stiffness, aching, looseness and instability in any part of the body.
24 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

Northern Orthopaedic Division, Denmark

Collaborators

University of Aarhus

Investigators

  • Study Chair: Sten Rasmussen, M.D., Aalborg University Hospital
  • Principal Investigator: Daniel R. Joergensen, PhD student, University of Aarhus

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

April 1, 2015

Primary Completion (Actual)

March 1, 2016

Study Completion (Actual)

October 1, 2017

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

January 23, 2015

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

January 23, 2015

First Posted (Estimate)

January 28, 2015

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

February 6, 2018

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

February 5, 2018

Last Verified

February 1, 2018

More Information

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Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • N-20140069

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