Training for Injury Prevention in Collegiate Soccer Players

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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The purpose of this research project is to evaluate the effectiveness of an injury prevention intervention for collegiate soccer players.

Detailed Description
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The purpose of this research project is to evaluate the effectiveness of an injury prevention intervention for collegiate soccer players. The hypothesis is that measures of sensorimotor control will improve and injury incidence rate will decrease after participation in an intervention aimed at restoration/refinement of sensorimotor control. This study will be conducted as a 1-arm intervention with pre- and post-participation measurement of sensorimotor control and completion of an exercise intervention. Statistical analyses will be completed to determine within group change pre-to post-intervention and injury risk by comparing injury rate in 2018 to injury rate of a historical control.

Official Title
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Sensorimotor Training for Injury Prevention in Collegiate Soccer Players

Conditions
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Athletic Injuries

Intervention / Treatment
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* Other: Intervention


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: Male and female athletes on the soccer roster who are eligible to play in the fall 2018 season at Mississippi College Exclusion Criteria: Any athlete who has a current diagnosis of concussion (i.e. a non-medically cleared concussion), lower-extremity musculoskeletal injury, or other medical diagnosis that will prevent the athlete from participation in the intervention.

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 18 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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No

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Prevention
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Interventional Model Description: This study will be conducted as pilot of a one-arm intervention using,1) pre- and post-participation measures of sensorimotor control and 2) injury incidence rate over the sports-season directly after completion of the intervention compared to injury incidence rate of a historical control (the 2017 soccer season at Mississippi College). Participants will include men and women athletes on soccer teams from one Division II institution.
Masking: None (Open Label)


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Experimental: Intervention<br>When enrolled into the study, the participants will be asked to join a group in WhatsApp for purposes of the research study. The application will be used to: deliver reminders for each treatment session; deliver daily prompts for the home exercise program; and present a web-link to the home exercise program (HEP). Participants will receive physical therapist delivered multi-modal sensorimotor training interventions. The exercises delivered at each intervention will be delivered in a group format, using a circuit of exercises that each athlete will complete in a session. Subsequent sessions will build upon previous sessions to work the sensorimotor control system in progressively more challenging and sport-specific scenarios. This present study will complete 8 sessions over 4 weeks. | Other: Intervention<br>* Multi-modal sensorimotor training interventions, including vestibular, oculomotor, neuromotor, and postural control/ balance exercises.<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Change in clinical measures of sensorimotor control | Clinical examination tests | Pre to post-treatment (1 month) | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Injury incidence rate | b) The incidence rate ratio of injury rates between a historical control (2017 soccer season) and the 2018 soccer-season from the participating college's soccer teams. | 1 year |