Smart Textile Solutions as Biofeedback Method for Injury Prevention for Latvian Football Youth League Players

Riga Stradins University

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Sport Injury

Treatments: Device: Smart Textile Solution Biofeedback Method

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06551454

lzp-2023/1-0027

Details and patient eligibility

About

Lower limb injuries are the most common in youth football leagues, accounting for 72% to 93% of all injuries. The leading prevention program in football today is the FIFA 11+ warm-up program, which reduces the risk of injury by 30%. Evidence from several studies confirms the addition of feedback during training reduces the incidence of injury by 40% . Recent studies have shown that the smart textile sock system is an objective, easy-to-use tool for real-time foot monitoring and is an interactive feedback tool for athletes. However, there is a lack of information on the impact of the objective feedback provided by the Smart Textile Sensor Socks System on the outcome measures of football players prevention programs. In the first phase of the project, a cross-sectional study involving youth league footballers will be conducted to identify the most effective feedback elements of the smart sock system. In the second phase, a pilot study will be conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of prevention exercises using the feedback provided by smart textile sensor socks. The results of the functional tests and the study outcomes will be selected as performance indicators to evaluate the smart textile sensor sock system. Conclusions on the use of the smart textile sensor sock system as a feedback method for injury prevention in Latvian Youth Football League players will be drawn based on the results obtained from the project.

Enrollment: 80 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 14 to 18 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. youth football league players;
2. agree to participate in the study;
3. age from 14 to 18 years;
4. understands and speaks Latvian.

Exclusion criteria

1. operative treatment in the lower limb within the last 9 months;
2. injuries or pain in the lower limb during the last 6 months;
3. disorders of the vestibular apparatus
4. presence of metallic implants in the sensor application areas.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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80 participants in 2 patient groups

Football Youth League Players group

Active Comparator group

Description:

Intervention for all participants: 12 weeks of prevention exercise program in football FIFA 11+ tasks of part 2: single leg stance and squats. Followed by exercise monitoring instructions in the FIFA 11+ user manual.

Treatment:

Device: Smart Textile Solution Biofeedback Method

Smart Textile Biofeedback Football Youth League Players group

Experimental group

Description:

Using the biofeedback method provided by the DAid® smart sock system as the monitoring method of positioning the lower limb for the study group during 12 weeks of prevention exercise program in football FIFA 11+ tasks of part 2: single leg stance and squats.

Treatment:

Device: Smart Textile Solution Biofeedback Method