Preventing Youth Soccer Injury

May 8, 2020 updated by: David Schwebel, University of Alabama at Birmingham
A study is proposed to test whether adding additional referees to youth soccer matches may reduce the risk of injury to the children playing soccer. Publicly-open youth soccer games will be randomly assigned to have either one or three referees and videotaped. The videotaped games will then be watched to record risk-taking behavior by players, referee decisions, and other factors relevant to potential injury.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

49

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
    • Alabama
      • Birmingham, Alabama, United States, 35294
        • UAB Youth Safety Lab, University of Alabama at Birmingham

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

8 years to 11 years (Child)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • unit of measurement was youth soccer teams playing in Birmingham, Alabama area league

Exclusion Criteria:

  • teams serving children under age 9 or over age 11

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: Non-Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Crossover Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: 3 referees
Three referees were present on the field during these youth soccer matches.
Behavioral: 3 referees present
We compared player behavior with one versus three referees present on youth soccer fields during match play. The time between these two matches ranged from a few hours to several weeks.
Active Comparator: 1 referee
One referee was present on the field during these youth soccer matches.
Other: 1 referee present
We compared player behavior with one versus three referees present on youth soccer fields during match play. The time between these two matches ranged from a few hours to several weeks.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Average Number of Injuries During Soccer Matches
Time Frame: baseline through one hour, which is beginning of the game until the end of the game, averaged across games
average number of injury events requiring player to leave the field or be attended by an adult, across all games in study
baseline through one hour, which is beginning of the game until the end of the game, averaged across games

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: David Schwebel, PhD, University of Alabama at Birmingham

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

August 26, 2017

Primary Completion (Actual)

November 11, 2017

Study Completion (Actual)

November 11, 2017

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

February 10, 2020

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

February 10, 2020

First Posted (Actual)

February 12, 2020

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

May 20, 2020

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

May 8, 2020

Last Verified

May 1, 2020

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • X160720002

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

IPD Plan Description

Data will be shared with qualified experts upon request by email to study PI David Schwebel

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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