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Trial reportBritish journal of sports medicine2024

Efficacy of a new injury prevention programme (FUNBALL) in young male football (soccer) players: a cluster-randomised controlled trial.

Rilind Obërtinca, Rina Meha, Ilir Hoxha, Bujar Shabani, Tim Meyer, Karen Aus der Fünten

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Trial report in British journal of sports medicine, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05137015 (Preventing Injuries in Young Football Players), which is not on this map. Cited by 16 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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Preventing Injuries in Young Football Players: a Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversität des SaarlandesRan2021 to 2023Enrolled1,027ConditionsInjury PreventionArmsInjury prevention program
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Rilind ObërtincaInstitute of Sports and Preventive Medicine, Saarland University, Saarbrucken, Germany riob00001@stud.uni-saarland.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3468-8822
Rina MehaInstitute of Sports and Preventive Medicine, Saarland University, Saarbrucken, Germany.
Ilir HoxhaThe Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, NH, USA.
Bujar ShabaniFaculty of Medicine, University of Prishtina, Prishtina, Kosovo.
Tim MeyerInstitute of Sports and Preventive Medicine, Saarland University, Saarbrucken, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3425-4546
Karen Aus der FüntenInstitute of Sports and Preventive Medicine, Saarland University, Saarbrucken, Germany.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesTo evaluate the efficacy of a new multicomponent, exercise-based injury prevention programme in football players 13-19 years old.

methodsTwo-arm cluster-randomised controlled trial with clubs as the unit of randomisation. 55 football teams from Kosovo of the under 15, under 17 and under 19 age groups were randomly assigned to the intervention (INT; 28 teams) or the control group (CON; 27 teams) and were followed for one football season (August 2021-May 2022). The INT group performed the 'FUNBALL' programme after their usual warm-up at least twice per week, while the CON group followed their usual training routine. The primary outcome measure was the overall number of football-related injuries. Secondary outcomes were region-specific injuries of the lower limbs (hip/groin, thigh, knee, lower leg, ankle and foot) and injury severity.

results319 injuries occurred, 132 in the INT and 187 in the CON group. The INT group used the 'FUNBALL' programme in 72.2% of all training sessions, on average 2.2 times per week. There was a significantly lower incidence in the INT group regarding the overall number of injuries (incidence rate ratio (IRR) 0.69, 95% CI 0.55 to 0.87), the number of thigh injuries (IRR 0.62, 95% CI 0.39 to 0.98), of moderate (time loss between 7 and 28 days) (IRR 0.65, 95% CI 0.44 to 0.97) and of severe injuries (time loss >28 days) (IRR 0.51, 95% CI 0.28 to 0.91).

conclusionThe 'FUNBALL' programme reduced the incidence of football-related injuries among male adolescent football players, and its regular use for injury prevention in this population is recommended. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: NCT05137015.

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Athletic InjuriesSoccerAdolescentHumansIncidenceLower ExtremityMaleWarm-Up ExerciseYoung AdultAdolescentFootballInjury preventionRandomized Controlled Trial

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PMID38499320
PMCPMC11103335

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