Effects of App-based Versus Personal On-site Instruction on Neuromuscular Activity in Injury Prevention Exercises (ACL01)

National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Denmark

Status: Completed

Conditions: Musculoskeletal Injury; Injury, Knee

Treatments: Behavioral: PHY; Behavioral: APP

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03063814

ACL01

Details and patient eligibility

About

Therefore, the aim of the present study was to evaluate neuromuscular characteristics observed during a single bout of selected and validated injury preventive exercises instructed by an app (in accordance with 'Get set - Train smarter') versus gold standard instruction, supervision and feedback provided on-site by an expert. The present evaluation targets a population of female football and handball players without any previous exposure to injury prevention training.

Enrollment: 47 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• female handball or football player (≥ 18 years old) competing at sub-elite level (i.e., 2-3 weekly training sessions)

Exclusion criteria

• previous traumatic knee injury, lower limb injury at the time of testing and/or previous engagement in injury prevention practices.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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47 participants in 2 patient groups

APP

Experimental group

Description:

In the APP group, a video sequence of each exercise, supported by short written descriptions (in accordance to 'Get set - Train smarter', (9) on how to perform the exercise correctly, was shown to the participants on an iPad. The video-recorded exercises were performed by the same physiotherapist who supervised PHY participants. If required, the participants in the APP group were allowed to watch the video and description several times between trials of the same exercise. The participants approved their own trials when they believed that the exercises had been performed as described.

Treatment:

Behavioral: APP

PHY

Active Comparator group

Description:

In PHY, a physiotherapist demonstrated and explained the focus areas of each of the five exercises before the participant performed the exercises. If needed, verbal feedback was given between trials to correct the performance of the exercise. The physiotherapist approved trials that were performed with proper technique.

Treatment:

Behavioral: PHY