The Effect of the Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center (OSTRC) Injury Prevention Exercises Reducing Injuries Rate Among Athletes.

Umm Al-Qura University

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Sport Injury

Treatments: Other: Usual warm up; Other: The Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center (OSTRC) Injury Prevention Program

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04666935

HAPO-02-K-012-2020-10-465

Details and patient eligibility

About

The Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center (OSTRC) was established in May 2000 at the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences.The OSTRC aims to prevent injuries and other health problems related to sports. The majority of the research conducted at OSTRC involves elite sports.

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of the Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center (OSTRC) Injury Prevention Program in reducing injuries among athletes.

Hypothesis: that Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center (OSTRC) Injury Prevention Program has a beneficial effect in terms of injury prevention.

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of the Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center (OSTRC) Injury Prevention Program in reducing injuries among athletes.

Full description

Study type Interventional Description of intervention(s) / exposure: The intervention group will be instructed to include the Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center (OSTRC) Injury Prevention Program as a warm up before training session (3 times per week) during one season (6 months).

Group sessions will be administered by an exercise physiologist and/ or athletic trainer and/ or soccer coaches and/ or strength and conditioning specialists and/ or physiotherapist.

Session attendance checklists will be used to assess or monitor adherence to the intervention.

Comparator / control treatment The control group will practice their usual warm up.

Usual warm up is defined as any basic exercises performed before a performance or practice to prepare the muscles for vigorous actions.

Enrollment: 400 estimated patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 18 to 40 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Healthy
• Amateur Athletes
• Training at least three times per week

Exclusion criteria

• History of lower extremity injury requiring medical attention in the past 6 months
• Systemic diseases
• Cardiovascular disease
• Neurological disorders
• Bone fractures
• Surgery in the previous year.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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400 participants in 2 patient groups

Intervention group

Experimental group

Description:

The intervention group will be instructed to include the Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center (OSTRC) Injury Prevention Program as a warm up before training session (3 times per week) during one season (6 months).

Treatment:

Other: The Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center (OSTRC) Injury Prevention Program

Control group

Active Comparator group

Description:

The control group will practice their usual warm up. Usual warm up is defined as any basic exercises performed before a performance or practice to prepare the muscles for vigorous actions.

Treatment:

Other: Usual warm up