Clinical trial NCT06551454: Smart Textile Solutions as Biofeedback Method for Injury Prevention for Latvian Football Youth League Players
Official title: Smart Textile Solutions as Biofeedback Method for Injury Prevention for Latvian Football Youth League Players
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: RECRUITING
Phase: NA
Conditions: Sport Injury
Keywords: smart textile sock system
youth athletes
football
soccer
biofeedback
injurie prevention
Lead sponsor: Riga Stradins University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2024-08-13
Enrollment: 80
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 14
Maximum age (years): 18
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: PREVENTION

Brief summary: Lower limb injuries are the most common in youth football leagues, accounting for 72% to 93% of all injuries. The leading prevention program in football today is the FIFA 11+ warm-up program, which reduces the risk of injury by 30%. Evidence from several studies confirms the addition of feedback during training reduces the incidence of injury by 40% . Recent studies have shown that the smart textile sock system is an objective, easy-to-use tool for real-time foot monitoring and is an interactive feedback tool for athletes. However, there is a lack of information on the impact of the objective feedback provided by the Smart Textile Sensor Socks System on the outcome measures of football players prevention programs. In the first phase of the project, a cross-sectional study involving youth league footballers will be conducted to identify the most effective feedback elements of the smart sock system. In the second phase, a pilot study will be conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of prevention exercises using the feedback provided by smart textile sensor socks. The results of the functional tests and the study outcomes will be selected as performance indicators to evaluate the smart textile sensor sock system. Conclusions on the use of the smart textile sensor sock system as a feedback method for injury prevention in Latvian Youth Football League players will be drawn based on the results obtained from the project.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

1. youth football league players;
2. agree to participate in the study;
3. age from 14 to 18 years;
4. understands and speaks Latvian.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. operative treatment in the lower limb within the last 9 months;
2. injuries or pain in the lower limb during the last 6 months;
3. disorders of the vestibular apparatus
4. presence of metallic implants in the sensor application areas.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Foot plantar pressure changes during functional tasks (FIFA 11+; Part 2)
timeFrame: 12 weeks
measure: Functional Movement
timeFrame: 2 times: pre and post 12 week intervention
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Age
timeFrame: 1 time.
measure: Sex
timeFrame: 1 time
measure: Foot size
timeFrame: 1 time
measure: positions on football field
timeFrame: 1 time
measure: User experience
timeFrame: Once - after 12 weeks of intervention
measure: Frequency of non-contact injuries (predicted number of injuries)
timeFrame: 1 year after 12-weeks intervention
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Riga
country: Latvia
facility: Latvian Football Federation
Study officials:
affiliation: Faculty of Health and Sports Sciences, Department of Rehabilitation, Riga Stradiņš University
name: Signe Tomsone, Dr.Med.
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
affiliation: Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences
name: Linda Lancere, Dr.sc.ing.
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
affiliation: Riga Technical University
name: Aleksejs Katasevs, Dr.phys
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
affiliation: Riga Technical University
name: Aleksandrs Okss, Dr.Habil.Sci-Eng.
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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