Preventing Youth Soccer Injury

The University of Alabama at Birmingham

Status: Completed

Conditions: Injuries; Sports Injury; Sports Injuries in Children

Treatments: Other: 1 referee present; Behavioral: 3 referees present

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04266925

X160720002

Details and patient eligibility

About

A study is proposed to test whether adding additional referees to youth soccer matches may reduce the risk of injury to the children playing soccer. Publicly-open youth soccer games will be randomly assigned to have either one or three referees and videotaped. The videotaped games will then be watched to record risk-taking behavior by players, referee decisions, and other factors relevant to potential injury.

Enrollment: 49 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 8 to 11 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• unit of measurement was youth soccer teams playing in Birmingham, Alabama area league

Exclusion criteria

• teams serving children under age 9 or over age 11

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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49 participants in 2 patient groups

3 referees

Experimental group

Description:

Three referees were present on the field during these youth soccer matches.

Treatment:

Behavioral: 3 referees present

1 referee

Active Comparator group

Description:

One referee was present on the field during these youth soccer matches.

Treatment:

Other: 1 referee present