Training for Injury Prevention in Collegiate Soccer Players

September 11, 2019 updated by: Jennifer C. Reneker, University of Mississippi Medical Center

Sensorimotor Training for Injury Prevention in Collegiate Soccer Players

The purpose of this research project is to evaluate the effectiveness of an injury prevention intervention for collegiate soccer players.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

The purpose of this research project is to evaluate the effectiveness of an injury prevention intervention for collegiate soccer players. The hypothesis is that measures of sensorimotor control will improve and injury incidence rate will decrease after participation in an intervention aimed at restoration/refinement of sensorimotor control. This study will be conducted as a 1-arm intervention with pre- and post-participation measurement of sensorimotor control and completion of an exercise intervention. Statistical analyses will be completed to determine within group change pre-to post-intervention and injury risk by comparing injury rate in 2018 to injury rate of a historical control.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

75

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
    • Mississippi
      • Jackson, Mississippi, United States, 39216
        • University of Mississippi Medical Center

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 and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Male and female athletes on the soccer roster who are eligible to play in the fall 2018 season at Mississippi College

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Any athlete who has a current diagnosis of concussion (i.e. a non-medically cleared concussion), lower-extremity musculoskeletal injury, or other medical diagnosis that will prevent the athlete from participation in the intervention.

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: N/A
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Intervention

When enrolled into the study, the participants will be asked to join a group in WhatsApp for purposes of the research study. The application will be used to: deliver reminders for each treatment session; deliver daily prompts for the home exercise program; and present a web-link to the home exercise program (HEP).

Participants will receive physical therapist delivered multi-modal sensorimotor training interventions. The exercises delivered at each intervention will be delivered in a group format, using a circuit of exercises that each athlete will complete in a session. Subsequent sessions will build upon previous sessions to work the sensorimotor control system in progressively more challenging and sport-specific scenarios. This present study will complete 8 sessions over 4 weeks.
Other: Intervention
Multi-modal sensorimotor training interventions, including vestibular, oculomotor, neuromotor, and postural control/ balance exercises.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Change in clinical measures of sensorimotor control
Time Frame: Pre to post-treatment (1 month)
Clinical examination tests
Pre to post-treatment (1 month)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Injury incidence rate
Time Frame: 1 year
b) The incidence rate ratio of injury rates between a historical control (2017 soccer season) and the 2018 soccer-season from the participating college's soccer teams.
1 year

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

University of Mississippi Medical Center

Collaborators

Mississippi College

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Jennifer C Reneker, PT, PhD, University of Mississippi Medical Center

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 (Actual)

August 11, 2018

Primary Completion (Actual)

December 15, 2018

Study Completion (Actual)

August 1, 2019

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

July 11, 2018

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

July 11, 2018

First Posted (Actual)

July 20, 2018

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

September 12, 2019

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

September 11, 2019

Last Verified

September 1, 2019

More Information

Terms related to this study

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 17-0232

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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