Effect of the FIFA 11+ Injury Prevention Program on Performance & Movement Control in Young Female Athletes

University of Manitoba

Status: Completed

Conditions: Injury of Anterior Cruciate Ligament

Treatments: Other: FIFA 11+ warm-up

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02422771

Startup 1

Details and patient eligibility

About

In response to high injury rates in soccer, the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) developed an injury prevention program called the "11+". It is designed to replace a standard warm-up and takes about 20 minutes to complete. The program has proven remarkably effective in decreasing the rate of injury in soccer players. However, uptake of the 11+ has been less than desired. Adoption of the program may be increased if additional benefits can be demonstrated and the program is introduced at a younger age. The goals of this study are to (1)establish that young athletes can tolerate the program, and (2)measure the effects of the 11+ program on the physical performance of 10-12 year old girls. Three teams will be randomly assigned to the intervention group and carry out the 11+ program for the duration of the indoor soccer season. Another 3 teams will continue with their usual warm-up. Pre- and post-intervention, balance, agility, core strength and movement control will be assessed in all athletes. The investigators hypothesize that the athletes will tolerate the program well and that the intervention group will improve on the performance tests significantly more than the control group.

Enrollment: 47 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 9 to 11 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Bonivital club level soccer athlete

Exclusion criteria

• any condition or injury present at pre-testing that may place the athlete at risk (e.g. sprained ankle)

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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47 participants in 2 patient groups

Control group

No Intervention group

Description:

Athletes in this group will continue with their usual warm-up for the duration of the indoor soccer season.

Intervention group

Experimental group

Description:

FIFA 11+ warm-up

Treatment:

Other: FIFA 11+ warm-up