Knowledge Translation Intervention for ACL Injury Prevention Program in Youth Soccer

University of Michigan

Status: Completed

Conditions: Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries; Lower Extremity Problem

Treatments: Behavioral: Educational handout; Behavioral: Knowledge Translation Intervention

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05442879

HUM00214282

Details and patient eligibility

About

Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries of the knee are common in youth soccer players, and show an even higher prevalence in female soccer players. Clinical practice guidelines recommend ACL injury prevention programs (ACL-IPP) to reduce injury risk, yet implementation in amateur youth soccer is low, reducing actual real-world effectiveness. This trial is a pragmatic effectiveness trial for ACL injury prevention for amateur youth soccer players, using a knowledge translation intervention with the Knowledge-to-Action Framework.

Full description

ACL injury prevention programs (ACL-IPP) are exercise programs recommended by clinical practice guidelines that have been shown to reduce the risk of an ACL injury. However, implementation of these programs is low, which reduces the real-world effectiveness of these programs. This project will assess a knowledge translation intervention with youth soccer programs for implementation of ACL-IPPs utilizing the Knowledge-to-Action Framework. The main educational intervention will be a knowledge translation (KT) intervention between the researchers, and coaches/players of youth soccer programs within the state of Michigan. Specifics of the knowledge translation intervention will or may include focus groups, surveys, in-person training, video handouts, and paper handouts. This will be compared to coaches/teams that are offered a handout that describes an evidence-based ACL-IPP.

Enrollment: 671 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 14 to 19 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Amateur youth soccer organizations within southern Michigan.

Exclusion criteria

• Players above the age of 19 or below the age of 14
• Teams that have dedicated medical staffing

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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671 participants in 2 patient groups

Knowledge Translation Intervention

Experimental group

Description:

The group participating in the KT intervention program will participate in focus groups, individual meetings, and receive videos, informational handouts and on-field training from the researchers. The researchers and participants will work together to determine barriers and facilitators towards implementation of an ACL-IPP, and create an ACL-IPP that follows established clinical practice guidelines and is individualized to the local contextual needs.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Knowledge Translation Intervention

Educational Handout

Active Comparator group

Description:

The coaches will receive an educational handout describing an ACL-IPP.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Educational handout