Clinical trial NCT02014987: Running Related Injury Among Novice Runners
Official title: The Initial Running Volume and Running Related Injury Among Novice Runners
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: UNKNOWN
Phase: EARLY_PHASE1
Conditions: Treatment Error
Overuse Injury
Keywords: Running related injury
Overuse injury
Running pattern
Lead sponsor: Northern Orthopaedic Division, Denmark
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: University of Aarhus
First posted: 2013-12-19
Enrollment: 160
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 65
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: NA
Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose: PREVENTION

Brief summary: About 31% of the Danish population participates regularly in running. The positive health benefits of running have been well documented in the literature. Unfortunately, running has been connected with a high risk of injuries.

Running related injuries can cause a long rehabilitation and may even force the runner to quit running permanently. To ensure that running can be practiced as a safe exercise activity prevention must be considered.

Detailed description: Training errors (i.e. excessive volume, sudden change of training routines etc.) are held to be the main reasons to running related injuries. Fortunately, training errors can be avoided as training characteristics (distance, duration, pace) can be controlled by the runner.

In order to avoiding training errors, especially excessive volume many novice runners follow 0-5 kilometres type training programmes. However, limited research has been conducted on the training volume of beginner programs and the risk of running related injuries.

The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between the running volume the first 4 weeks of a running regime and the risk of running related injuries among novice runners. The relationship between running volume and running related injuries will be investigated in proportion to their body mass index (BMI).

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* both gender between 16-65 years
* no running-training within the last year
* less than 20 hours of sports activity within the last year (in total)
* internet access and mail address
* body mass index between 18.5 - 25 or 30-35
* owns a pair of running shoes

Exclusion Criteria:

* do not want to use a GPS watch
* unable or unwilling to follow the running regime in 4 consecutive weeks
* previous injury in lower extremity within the last 2 years
* unable to read or understand Danish
* former heart surgery
* known heart surgery
* known lung disease
* diabetes
* current pregnancy
* known tendency to shortness of breath or chest pain with activity
* known tendency to leg pain when walking long distances

Primary outcomes:
measure: Running related injury
timeFrame: 7 days
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Aalborg
country: Denmark
facility: Sten Rasmussen
state: Northern Jutland
Study officials:
affiliation: Department of Publich Health, Aarhus University
name: Michael L. Bertelsen, PT
role: STUDY_CHAIR
affiliation: Northern Orthopaedic Division, Aalborg University Hospital
name: Sten Rasmussen, MD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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