Clinical trial NCT03683758: Effects of the FIFA11+ Warm-up Program on Speed, Agility, and Vertical Jump Performance in Adult Female Amateur Soccer Players
Official title: Effects of the FIFA11+ Warm-up Program on Speed, Agility, and Vertical Jump Performance in Adult Female Amateur Soccer Players
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Soccer
Exercise
Athletic Performance
Keywords: football
soccer
warm-up
FIFA
11+
performance
speed
agility
jump
Lead sponsor: University of British Columbia
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: North Shore Girls Soccer Club
First posted: 2018-09-25
Enrollment: 21
Sex: FEMALE
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 45
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Intervention model description: A parallel, two-group, pre-post comparative trial is proposed for this study. Two soccer teams comprise the convenience sample. One team ("Impact") will be allocated to the control group while the other team ("Hearts") are allocated to the intervention group. Participant allocation is premeditated due to Dr. Matt Wentzell's regular paramedical involvement with the "Hearts" and therefore his ability to oversee and administer the intervention warm-up. The control warm-up will be run by the coaching staff of the control group.

Performance pre-testing will be performed by three trained assistants one week after the 2018/2019 soccer season begins. Tests will be performed three times with the best test score being recorded.

Both groups will then complete their assigned warm-up three times per week for eight weeks. Both groups will complete posttesting within three days of the trial period concluding in a fashion identical to that of the pre-testing session.
Primary purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Brief summary: This study is being conducted for a master's dissertation. Our goal is to determine if there are physical performance benefits to performing the FIFA11+ soccer warm-up program in adult female soccer players over an eight week period. This topic has been studied primarily using male soccer players. The performance effects in adult female soccer players is currently unknown.

This warm-up has been shown to reduce non-contact injury rates in soccer players aged \>13. If performance benefits are demonstrated in this study, in addition to the reported injury reduction benefits of the FIFA11+ warm-up, program adherence and player performance could improve.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Must be a female amateur soccer players on a North Shore Girls Soccer Club Selects A Team
* Must be between the ages of 18 and 45
* Must play a forward, midfield or defender position

Exclusion Criteria:

* Mustn't play a goal keeper position. The physical demands of this position is drastically different than all other soccer positions. The training effects from practices and games are unique and may therefore influence the effects the FIFA11+ has on players of this particular positions.
* Mustn't have an illness or injury preventing them from participating in soccer practice, games, and testing procedures. Injury or illness would likely result in poorer physical performance outcomes relative to healthy participants.
* Mustn't miss a physical performance testing session. Pre- and posttest data is required to determine if there are changes in performance metrics in relation to both the intervention and control groups.
* Mustn't be pregnant or of childbearing potential for the duration of the study (10 weeks). The PI and Co-Investigators are not familiar with each participant's reproductive health and history or how pregnancy may affect each participant's response to either the intervention or control group. It is therefore decided that participants that are pregnant or of childbearing potential will be removed from the study.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Percentage Change From Baseline in 10m Sprint Times After an 8 Week Intervention
timeFrame: Intervention is 8 weeks in duration with baseline and post-test outcome measurements occurring within 3 days of the commencement and end of the intervention period
measure: Percentage Change From Baseline in Agility T-Test Times After an 8 Week Intervention
timeFrame: Intervention is 8 weeks in duration with baseline and post-test outcome measurements occurring within 3 days of the commencement and end of the intervention period.
measure: Percentage Change From Baseline in Squat Jump Height After an 8 Week Intervention
timeFrame: Intervention is 8 weeks in duration with baseline and post-test outcome measurements occurring within 3 days of the commencement and end of the intervention period
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Warm-up Attendance
timeFrame: 8 weeks
Other outcomes:
measure: Player Information
timeFrame: 5 minutes before pre-testing.
Locations:
city: North Vancouver
country: Canada
facility: Windsor Bubble
Study officials:
affiliation: University of British Columbia Masters Student
name: Matthew N Wentzell, DC
role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
affiliation: University of British Columbia Faculty of Medicine
name: Cheryl Beach, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
citation: Daneshjoo A, Mokhtar AH, Rahnama N, Yusof A. Effects of the 11+ and Harmoknee Warm-up Programs on Physical Performance Measures in Professional Soccer Players. J Sports Sci Med. 2013 Sep 1;12(3):489-96. eCollection 2013.
citation: Impellizzeri FM, Bizzini M, Dvorak J, Pellegrini B, Schena F, Junge A. Physiological and performance responses to the FIFA 11+ (part 2): a randomised controlled trial on the training effects. J Sports Sci. 2013;31(13):1491-502. doi: 10.1080/02640414.2013.802926. Epub 2013 Jul 16.
citation: Ayala F, Pomares-Noguera C, Robles-Palazon FJ, Del Pilar Garcia-Vaquero M, Ruiz-Perez I, Hernandez-Sanchez S, De Ste Croix M. Training Effects of the FIFA 11+ and Harmoknee on Several Neuromuscular Parameters of Physical Performance Measures. Int J Sports Med. 2017 Apr;38(4):278-289. doi: 10.1055/s-0042-121260. Epub 2017 Feb 13.