Towards a Health Promotion for Children Engaged in Sport Intensive Practice for a Healthy Adult (PROTEGE)

This project aims to elucidate the complexities of the preventive approach among young people involved in intensive sports activities, providing valuable recommendations to optimize their physical, mental, and social health both in the present and in the long term. The multidisciplinary skills of a team of researchers in sports science and health will contribute their recognized disciplinary expertise through international publications, as well as solid experience in the demands of elite sports, along with a commitment to transferring innovative knowledge toward a preventive approach to sports training.

The main objective is to determine whether a somatotype aligned with the discipline's expectations protects the athlete in terms of self-perception and, consequently, reduces health-risk behaviors. Secondary objectives will include linking somatotype, growth, psychological changes (self-perception), and the emergence of health-risk behaviors or injuries in these young athletes.

Study Overview

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Conditions: Prevention
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: The multidisciplinary preventive approach among young people involved in intensive sports activities. Athlete will see doctor and physiotherapist.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Estimated): 90
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

• Study Contact: Name: Virginie RAMPAL, PhD; Phone Number: 0033 4 92 03 05 41; Email: virginie.rampal@hpu.lenval.com

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Child
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Children aged 8 to 15 years old
• Intensive athletes: that is to say they practice a competitive sporting activity with a number of hours of weekly training greater than their age in years.(For example, a 10 year old child will need to train more than 10 hours per week to be included.)
• Sport at an early age
• Obtaining written and signed informed consent from one of the two parents or the holder of parental authority
• Affiliation to a social security system

Exclusion Criteria: menstruation for more than a year at the time of inclusion

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Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

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

Number of Arms

1

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Girls practizing gymnastics 8 to 15 yo	Other: The multidisciplinary preventive approach among young people involved in intensive sports activities. Athlete will see doctor and physiotherapist.; Athletes will have 2 times per years prevention examination: A standard medical examination; A physiotherapy assessment with strength assessment; They will complete psychometric evaluation self-questionnaires

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Determine whether a somatotype in harmony with the expectations of the discipline protects the athlete in terms of self-perceptions and, consequently, reduces risky behaviors for her health.	frequency of occurrence of risky behavior depending on the somatotype of the athletes	2 times a year for up to 84 months of follow-up

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
1. How does the somatotype of athletes change over time and in response to training? Are these modifications uniform among athletes of the same sex practicing the same sport?	The evolution of the somatotype of athletes over time and in response to training Relationship between athlete somatotype and growth acceleration at puberty Self-esteem and perception of physical appearance between athletes conforming and nonconforming to the ideal somatotype of their sport The prevalence of ACAD and excessive training practices among athletes with low self-esteem related to their physical appearance. Correlation between athletes' somatotype and their predisposition to health problems, such as eating disorders and sports injuries	2 times a year for up to 84 months of follow-up

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Fondation Lenval

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Estimated): September 1, 2025
• Primary Completion (Estimated): December 1, 2032
• Study Completion (Estimated): December 1, 2032

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: October 15, 2024
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: October 15, 2024
• First Posted (Actual): October 17, 2024

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): March 25, 2025
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: March 11, 2025
• Last Verified: March 1, 2025

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: 24-HPNCL-04

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No
• product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.: No