Making Football Safer for Women: Implementing an Injury Prevention Program
Last updated on July 2021Recruitment
- Recruitment Status
- Recruiting
- Estimated Enrollment
- Same as current
Summary
- Conditions
- Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries
- Concussion, Brain
- Musculoskeletal Injury
- Type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Design
- Allocation: RandomizedIntervention Model: Crossover AssignmentIntervention Model Description: Stepped-wedge randomised controlled trial. Prior to study initiation, the leagues will be randomly allocated to one of the five wedges for time of crossover from the control to the intervention phase using a computer-generated list of random numbers provided by a statistician. The randomisation sequence will be concealed to the coaches until shortly before the switch (~four weeks to allow time to organise their workshop).Masking: Single (Outcomes Assessor)Masking Description: It will not be possible to blind all involved research fellows, or the Prep-to-Play Physiotherapists involved in the project, but the statistician who will perform statistical analyses for the primary and secondary outcomes will remain blinded. To optimise allocation concealment: i) each cluster will be a league or leagues in a unique geographical area; ii) data collection at all sites will commence in the control period, iii) team designate and/or sports trainers will remain blinded to allocation sequence; iv) Prep-to-Play observers validating the primary outcome (Prep-to-Play implementation) will be independent to the club and blinded to allocation; v) research fellows collecting injury data will be independent of the club and blinded to allocation.Primary Purpose: Prevention
Participation Requirements
- Age
- Between 14 years and 125 years
- Gender
- Only males
Description
Primary Aim: To compare the impact of supported and unsupported implementation strategies on the use of an IP program (Prep-to-Play) in female community Australian Football. Secondary aims are to: Evaluate the effects of supported implementation of Prep-to-Play on injury risk reduction. Identify bar...
Primary Aim: To compare the impact of supported and unsupported implementation strategies on the use of an IP program (Prep-to-Play) in female community Australian Football. Secondary aims are to: Evaluate the effects of supported implementation of Prep-to-Play on injury risk reduction. Identify barriers and enablers to sustainability of the Prep-to-Play implementation model, and develop clear recommendations for a future, sustainable national roll out of Prep-to-Play. Evaluate the cost-effectiveness of Prep-to-Play. Primary hypothesis The primary hypothesis is that supported implementation will result in increased use of Prep-to-Play in female community Australian Football compared to unsupported implementation. Secondary hypotheses The secondary hypotheses are that the supported implementation of Prep-to-Play will: result in a reduction of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries in females participating in community Australian Football; result in a reduction of other musculoskeletal injuries and concussion among females participating in community Australian Football; be more cost-effective than the unsupported implementation.
Tracking Information
- NCT #
- NCT04856241
- Collaborators
- Not Provided
- Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Kay Crossley, PhD, PT La Trobe University
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