Injury Prevention in Children´s Football

• Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
• Last refreshed on: 2 May 2016
• Main ID: NCT02222025
• Date of registration: 14/08/2014
• Prospective Registration: No
• Primary sponsor: University of Basel
• Public title: Injury Prevention in Children´s Football
• Scientific title: Injury Prevention in Children´s Football (FIFA 11+ Kids): a Cluster-randomized Controlled Trial
• Date of first enrolment: August 2014
• Target sample size: 3895
• Recruitment status: Completed
• URL: https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02222025
• Study type: Interventional
• Study design: Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Prevention
• Phase: N/A

Countries of recruitment

Switzerland

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- officially registered football club in the regional football association,

- children must be between 9 and 12 years old at the start of the study

- regular training must take place at least twice per week

Exclusion Criteria:

- a structured warm-up focusing on neuromuscular control or an existing injury
prevention programme is already performed



Age minimum: 9 Years
Age maximum: 12 Years
Gender: Both

Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied

Football Injuries in Children

Intervention(s)

Other: Injury Prevention Programme

Primary Outcome(s)

Overall injury rate [Time Frame: up to 12 months]

Secondary Outcome(s)

Rate of severe injuries and acute injuries [Time Frame: up to 12 months]

Secondary ID(s)

2014-232

Source(s) of Monetary Support

Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors

Secondary Sponsor(s)

VU University of Amsterdam

Charles University, Czech Republic

FIFA-Medical Assessment and Research Centre (F-MARC)

Saarland University