Do Common Physical Tests Predict Injury or Performance (TEAM)

High Point University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Lower Extremity Musculoskeletal Injury

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01804894

HPU-TEAMScreen

Details and patient eligibility

About

Field tests are convenient, simple tests that serve as estimates of components of athletic performance like power speed, and agility. It is thought clinically, that those who do best at these tests will perform the best in their sport and/or be the least likely to get injured. The converse is also thought to be true. The objective of this study is to administer field tests to athletes at the beginning of each season and then follow athletes over several years, tracking their injuries and their performance statistics. In this way, the investigators can determine if the clinical supposition is true and that the results of field tests are associated with injury or performance

Full description

11 physical performance tests were examined to determine their ability to predict injury

Enrollment: 359 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 23 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• age18-23
• member of the university's varsity teams

Exclusion criteria

• injured or recently injured prior to testing
• diagnosed current neurological issue
• recent (within 6 weeks) surgery where strenuous physical testing would be contraindicated

Trial design

359 participants in 1 patient group

athletes with lower extremity injury

Description:

athletes who were injured during one season of play