Epidemiology of Injuries Caused by the Practice of Artificial Structure Climbing (EPITRAUMABLOC)

Epidemiology of Injuries Caused by the Practice of Artificial Structure Climbing: Prospective Cohort Study in Réunion Island

This study aims to precisely describe epidemiology of injuries than occur during practice of climbing in artificial structure.

Each participant will complete questionnaires in order to identify injuries. The first questionnaire will be completed at the moment of the inclusion and the second questionnaire will be completed if participant has injuries every 3 months until month 12.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Sport Injury
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Questionnaire

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 266

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Réunion
  • Saint-Pierre, Réunion
    • Climbing structure

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

All adult who practices climbing in artificial structure must be included in Reunion Island

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

- person who practices artificial structure climbing

Exclusion Criteria:

• person who refuses to participate
• person under tutorship or curatorship
• person who cannot read and write
• person who wants to leave Reunion Island within 12 months

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
injury relapse or not	injury relapse is classified as early relapse if occurs within 2 months after the healing, as late relapse if occurs from 2 months to 12 months after the healing or as very late relapse if occurs after more 12 months.	at month 3
record of exposure to injury	Training volume will be recorded by level of practice (leisure practice, club practice and competition practice)	at month 3
location of injury		at month 3
laterality of injury		at month 3
mechanism of injury	it will be identified as a traumatic injury or an overuse. Traumatic injury is due to an acute identified event. An overuse is due to repetitive train injury.	at month 3
circumstance of injury occurence		at month 3
diagnosis of injury	diagnosis will be claissified according to the OSICS 10 classification	at month 3

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de la Réunion

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): November 16, 2021
• Primary Completion (Actual): February 16, 2022
• Study Completion (Actual): December 31, 2022

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: October 28, 2021
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: October 28, 2021
• First Posted (Actual): November 8, 2021

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): September 29, 2023
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: September 28, 2023
• Last Verified: September 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Wounds and Injuries; Athletic Injuries
• Other Study ID Numbers: 2021/CHU/27

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