An Injury Prevention Program for Professional Ballet

September 27, 2019 updated by: Joshua D Harris, MD, The Methodist Hospital Research Institute

An Injury Prevention Program for Professional Ballet: a Randomized Controlled Investigation

The aim of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of an injury prevention program for professional ballet dancers.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

52

Phase

  • Not Applicable

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

  • ADULT
  • OLDER_ADULT
  • CHILD

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Professional Ballet Dancer
  • Willing to participate and undergo informed consent process

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Pregnant Women, non-English speaking subjects, or those who decline participation in the study.

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
  • Masking: NONE

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Injury Prevention Program
Those allocated to the injury prevention program will be instructed on the program, the added exercises, and the additional time commitment.
Behavioral: Injury Prevention Program
No Intervention: Control
The control group will practice and perform with no change to pre-existing years' standard operating practice.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Rate of Injury
Time Frame: 1 year
Number of injuries sustained and reported per subject during the 1 year study. Data will be aggregated according to arm of study to ascertain the rate of injury for each group.
1 year

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Turn-out degrees
Time Frame: 1 year
Turn-out degree values to measure flexibility and strength. Turnout is the sum of hip rotation, tibial torsion, and contributions from the foot.
1 year
Beighton
Time Frame: 1 year
Beighton scale to ascertain generalized joint laxity. Maximum score of 9, minimum score of 0.
1 year
AOFAS ankle-hindfoot
Time Frame: 1 year
American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society (AOFAS) Ankle-Hindfoot Score. 100 point total score. Instrument combines functional outcome and pain for subject's ankle or hindfoot.
1 year

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

The Methodist Hospital Research Institute

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Joshua D Harris, MD, The Methodist Hospital Research Institute

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 (Actual)

July 15, 2016

Primary Completion (Actual)

August 1, 2017

Study Completion (Actual)

August 1, 2017

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

September 26, 2019

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

September 27, 2019

First Posted (Actual)

October 1, 2019

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

October 1, 2019

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

September 27, 2019

Last Verified

September 1, 2019

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • Pro00014833

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

IPD Plan Description

Due to privacy concerns, no individual participant data will be available. Only aggregate data may be provided.

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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