Clinical trial NCT06906666: Analysis of Injury Risk Factors in Elite Athletes
Official title: Analysis of Injury Risk Factors in Elite Athletes. A Cross-sectional Cohort Study.
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Conditions: Athletic Injuries
Keywords: Muscle Injury
Athletics
Risk
Secondary Prevention
Physiotherapy
Lead sponsor: University of Oviedo
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2025-04-02
Enrollment: 81
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 35
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Observational model: COHORT
Time perspective: CROSS_SECTIONAL
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: Elite athletes

Brief summary: Background information. The different disciplines of athletics place high physical demands on athletes. These different categories of running vary in terms of physical effort and duration, generating different levels of risk of injury. The description of the main injuries that affect elite athletes in the different athletics disciplines, as well as the identification of the specific risk factors of each discipline, will allow the identification of preventive measures to be implemented.

Objective. To identify the risk factors for tendon injury in professional long- and middle-distance athletes, according to the type of event, and to identify the best predictive model for tendon injuries based on anthropometric and athletic variables.

Method. Ambispective cohort study. 81 elite athletes will be recruited. The primary variable will be the number of tendon injuries in the last three seasons. The secondary and modifying variables will be: age (in completed years), weekly training load (in minutes), type of footwear (sneakers without carbon plate, sneakers with carbon plate, spiked sneakers without carbon plate and spiked sneakers with carbon plate), diet (balanced, high in carbohydrates, high-protein, controlled hypocaloric and adapted to the training cycle) and the regular practice of another physical activity. The possible confounding variables will be the body mass index, the date of tendon injuries in that period and the time spent as a federated athlete (in completed months). The analysis will calculate the risk of injury in these athletes and assess the influence of confounding factors and trend analysis on the primary variable, stratified by possible confounding factors.

Expected results. To calculate the risk of injury in elite athletes based on anthropometric and sociodemographic variables. To identify the predictive model of tendon injuries in elite athletes


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Elite federated athletes
* Who have not undergone previous musculoskeletal surgery in the seasons under study
* Who were federated at least one year before the study period
* Sign the informed consent document.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Athletes who have not participated in competition, during the study seasons, for a period of more than 6 months due to a musculoskeletal injury

Primary outcomes:
measure: Measurement of number of lower limb tendon injuries
timeFrame: Screening visit
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Measurement of age
timeFrame: Screening visit
measure: Measurement of the weekly training load
timeFrame: Screening visit
measure: Measurement of the type of footwear
timeFrame: Screening visit
measure: Measurement of the type of diet
timeFrame: Screening visit
measure: Measurement of the practice of another physical activity
timeFrame: Screening visit
Other outcomes:
measure: Measurement of the body mass index
timeFrame: Screening visit
measure: Measurement of the date of tendon injuries
timeFrame: Screening visit
measure: Measurement of federated time
timeFrame: Screening visit
Locations:
city: Oviedo
country: Spain
facility: University of Oviedo
state: Asturias
Study officials:
affiliation: Universidad de Oviedo
name: Rubén Cuesta-Barriuso
role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
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