Effect of an unsupervised exercises-based athletics injury prevention programme on injury complaints leading to participation restriction in athletics: a cluster-randomised controlled trial
Author
Edouard, Pascal
Steffen, Kathrin
Peuriere, Marie
Gardet, Pierre
Navarro, Laurent
Blanco de Tena Davila, David
Publication date
2021ISSN
1660-4601
Abstract
Objective: To test the efficacy of the Athletics Injury Prevention Programme (AIPP) to reduce the percentage of athletes presenting at least one injury complaint leading to participation restriction (ICPR) over an athletics season. Methods: During the 2017–2018 athletics season, we included in this cluster randomised controlled trial (ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03307434) 840 athletes randomly assigned (randomisation unit: athletic clubs) to a control group (regular training) or to an intervention group (regular training plus the AIPP 2/week). Using a weekly online questionnaire, athletes reported the ICPR, training and competition exposures, and, for the intervention group, the compliance with the AIPP. The primary outcome was the percentage of athletes presenting at least one ICPR over the study follow-up. Results: A total of 449 and 391 athletes were included in the intervention and control groups, respectively. From them, 68 (15.1%) and 100 (25.6%) athletes, respectively, provided 100% of the requested information during the follow-up (39 weeks). A total of 6 (8.8%) performed the AIPP 2/week or more. The proportion of athletes who had at least one ICPR over the follow-up period was similar in the intervention (64.7%) and control groups (65.0%), with adjusted odds ratios: 0.81 (95% CI 0.36 to 1.85). There were no between-group differences when comparing separately the subgroups corresponding with the different compliance levels. Conclusion: This cluster randomised controlled trial reported no efficacy of the AIPP. However, the overall response proportion and the compliance with the AIPP in the intervention group were low. In individual sports especially, efforts should be first made to improve the implementation and adoption of interventions.
Document Type
Article
Document version
Published version
Language
English
Subject (CDU)
61 - Medical sciences
616.7 - Pathology of the organs of locomotion. Skeletal and locomotor systems
Keywords
Fisioteràpia
Prevenció de lesions esportives
Programa de prevenció de lesions
Atletisme
Pista i camp
Epidemiologia
Estudis prospectius
Fisioterapia
Prevención de lesiones deportivas
Programa de prevención de lesiones
Atletismo
Pista y campo
Epidemiología
Estudios prospectivos
Physiotherapy
Sports injury prevention
Injury prevention program
Athletics
Track and field
Epidemiology
Prospective studies
Pages
15
Publisher
MDPI
Collection
18; 21
Is part of
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Citation
Edouard, Pascal; Steffen, Kathrin; Peuriere, Marie [et al.]. Effect of an unsupervised exercises-based athletics injury prevention programme on injury complaints leading to participation restriction in athletics: a cluster-randomised controlled trial. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2021, 18(21), 11334. Disponible en: <https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/21/11334>. Fecha de acceso: 4 nov. 2021. DOI: 10.3390/ijerph182111334
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