Modification of Risk Factors Associated With Knee Injury in Netball

St Mary's University College

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Knee Injuries

Treatments: Other: 6-week neuromuscular training program

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05268354

StMarysUC2

Details and patient eligibility

About

Noncontact knee injuries are a concern in netball. As such, it is important to devise appropriate injury prevention programs that players will complete to reduce the risk of injury. Previous research suggests that the most common situation of noncontact knee injury in netball involves a stiff landing or apparent knee valgus collapse, trunk rotation, and lateral flexion. Therefore, the aim of this study is to investigate the effect of a neuromuscular training program on biomechanical risk factors during a netball-specific landing.

Enrollment: 30 estimated patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 45 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Female
• 18-45 years
• No history of lower limb injury in the last 6 months
• No history of concussion in the last 6 months
• No history of any knee surgery
• Currently playing recreational netball at least once per week

Exclusion criteria

• Male
• Under 18 years or over 45 years of age
• Suffered from a lower limb injury in the last 6 months
• Suffered from concussion in the last 6 months
• Any history of knee surgery
• Not currently playing recreational netball at least once per week

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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30 participants in 2 patient groups

Training group

Experimental group

Description:

6-week neuromuscular training program

Treatment:

Other: 6-week neuromuscular training program

Control group

No Intervention group