The Sports-Related Injuries and Illnesses in Para-sport Study (SRIIPS)

March 6, 2018 updated by: Jan Lexell, Lund University

The Sports-Related Injuries and Illnesses in Para-sport Study (SRIIPS): A Prospective Longitudinal Study

The overall aim of this project is to gain an in-depth understanding of the epidemiology of sports-related injuries and illnesses in parasport in order to assist the identification and development of specific injury prevention strategies adapted to parasport.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

The Paralympic Games is today one of the largest sport event in the world. During the last decades parasport has in many ways become elite sport, allowing people with disabilities to achieve extraordinary heights of functional capability. With the growing number of athletes there is an increased interest in athletes' health and safety, both to enhance sports performance and to prevent injuries.

Even though it is well-known that participation in sports places the athlete at risk for injuries, there are few studies covering sports-related injuries and illnesses in parasport (SRIIP). Today, some injuries and illnesses are known to be preventable. However, this requires regular monitoring of internal and external load during athletic preparation. Standardized injury surveillances have been implemented within several sports for abled-bodied athletes, but such studies do not yet exist within parasport.

In our review article (Fagher & Lexell 2014) the investigators showed that existing studies of sports-related injuries in athletes with disabilities have a variable quality and that specific disability related factors have not been examined. Further studies are therefore warranted to obtain an increased in-depth knowledge of SRIIP. With a systematic longitudinal surveillance system tailored to parasport it would be possible to observe trends and risk factors over time, and thereby have a basis for developing specific preventive measures.

The overall aim of this project is to gain an in-depth understanding of the epidemiology of SRIIP in parasport in order to assist the identification and development of specific injury prevention strategies adapted to parasport.

The specific aims are: i) to design and implement a study protocol for prospective epidemiological studies of SRIIP in parasport; ii) to prospectively estimate the annual incidence of SRIIP among Swedish Paralympic athletes; and iii) to explore risk factors and mechanisms for sustaining SRIIP based on athlete exposure in order to form the basis for moving towards safe participation in parasport.

Study Type

Observational

Enrollment (Actual)

107

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

  • Sweden
      • Lund, Sweden
        • Rehabilitation medicine Research Group

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 55 years (ADULT)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Sampling Method

Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

The total population of athletes (n=approximately 100) in the Swedish Paralympic program, which covers possbile candidates for the Paralympic Games.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Age 18-55 years
  • Being a registered competitive athlete within the Swedish Paralympic Program/Organization
  • Being able to communicate in Swedish and having the opportunity to every week answer a web-based questionnaire.

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

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort
Intervention / Treatment
Swedish para-athletes
The total population of athletes in the Swedish Paralympic program, which covers candidates for the Paralympic Summer or Winter Games, will be invited by mail to participate in the study and report their incidence of sports-related injuries and illnesses
Other: Incidence of sports-related injuries and illnesses
The SRIIP-study is an epidemiological cohort study aimed to prospectively collect self-report data on sports-related injuries and illnesses incidence and risk exposure during training and competition for approximately one year among Swedish para-athletes.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Incidence of sports-related injuries and illnesses
Time Frame: Weekly during one year
The athletes will be asked to self-report incidence of sports-related injuries and illnesses based on the surveillence systems developed by Jacobsson et al 2010 and Timpka 2014.
Weekly during one year

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Exposure of training
Time Frame: Weekly during one year
The athletes will be asked to report exposure and perceived exertion of training (hours and minutes of training and rated perceived exertion (RPE) based on the RPE-scale).
Weekly during one year
Pain
Time Frame: Weekly during one year
The athletes will be asked to report their perceived pain during the week on a visual analogue scale (VAS) scale.
Weekly during one year
General well-being
Time Frame: Weekly during one year
The athletes will be asked to report their perceived general well-being based on questions from the Health-related quality of life questionnaire EQ-5D.
Weekly during one year

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

Lund University

Collaborators

Linkoeping University

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

November 1, 2016

Primary Completion (ACTUAL)

January 1, 2018

Study Completion (ACTUAL)

January 1, 2018

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

May 22, 2016

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

May 26, 2016

First Posted (ESTIMATE)

June 2, 2016

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (ACTUAL)

March 7, 2018

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 6, 2018

Last Verified

March 1, 2018

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • P2016-0069

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

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