Clinical trial NCT05777096: Prevalence of Non-traumatic Musculoskeletal Disorders in the French Paragliding Pilots Population
Official title: Prevalence of Non-traumatic Musculoskeletal Disorders in the French Paragliding Pilots Population
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: Prevalence
Musculoskeletal Disorders
Keywords: paragliding
musculoskeletal Diseases
non-traumatic pathology
Standardised Nordic Questionnaire
overuse injury
Lead sponsor: University Hospital, Grenoble
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2023-03-21
Enrollment: 2475
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Observational model: COHORT
Time perspective: CROSS_SECTIONAL
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: 26000 people will be surveyed via the internet link. In 2021, according to the federal statistics of the FFVL accessible on the intranet of the FFVL, the number of practicing paraglider with a license was about 26000.

Brief summary: The main objective is to determine the prevalence of non-traumatic pathologies in the paragliding population using the Nordic type questionnaire.

The paragliding pilots population frequently evoque pathologies, discomfort, or pain in the course of their practice. Said pain and discomfort, though unerelated any form of accident, seem to have an impact on the pilots' flying and their participation in daily life.

However, no epidemiological data are available in the literature. Investigators hypothesize the existence of non-traumatic disorders and it seems interesting to quantify the extent of the phenomenon. The results of this study might encourage the proposition of preventive measures in order to minimize a potential risk factor for paragliding accidents, and participation restrictions.

Detailed description: In this cross-sectional descriptive epidemiological survey, investigators wish to quantify epidemiological parameters such as the prevalence of pathologies and their consequences in the activities of daily life.

For this purpose, an email containing the link to answer the online questionnaire will be sent to all the licensees.

The link of the questionnaire will be sent directly to all clubs in each league.

The main objective is to calculate the prevalence with descriptive statistics. The primary outcome is the prevalence of non-traumatic pathology in paragliding pilots that had registered to the French Paragliding federation (FFVL) in 2022.

The prevalence will be infered from the IRSST Standardised Nordic Questionnaire with the following formula : Prevalence = (FS4+FS6=yes and FS2=no ) divided by the total number of respondents.

FS4 item "Yes" = pain in the last 12 months FS6 item "Yes" = activity limitations) FS2 item "No" = Non-traumatic disorders

This corresponds to having felt pain in the body region indicated, at least once during the last 12 months, as well as a restriction of participation following this pain, but without having suffered trauma in the area.

For the secondary outcomes will aim at exploring several hypotheses related to personal and environmental factors that could be correlated to the incidence of the nontraumatic disorders. They will be calculated with bivariate descriptive statistics using the Pvalue.io software.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* over 18 years old
* Registered with the FFVL for the year 2022 and/or 2023
* Paragliding in the year 2022 and/or 2023

Exclusion Criteria:

* Adults not able to express their consent

Primary outcomes:
measure: Prevalence of non-traumatic pathologies in the paragliding pilot population
timeFrame: Cross sectional study. Each participant is evaluated for 15 minutes (estimated time of completion of the questionnaire)
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Correlations between prevalence, a body area, restriction of participation in paragliding and individual characteristics of participants
timeFrame: Cross sectional study. Each participant is evaluated for 15 minutes (estimated time of completion of the questionnaire)
measure: Paragliders' beliefs about the origin of their pain.
timeFrame: Cross sectional study. Each participant is evaluated for 15 minutes (estimated time of completion of the questionnaire)
measure: Prevalence of injuries sustained during a paragliding accident
timeFrame: Cross sectional study. Each participant is evaluated for 15 minutes (estimated time of completion of the questionnaire)
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Saint-Martin-d'Hères
country: France
facility: Grenoble Alpes University - Faculty of Medecine - Departement of Physiotherapy
Study officials:
affiliation: Département de kinésithérapie, 175 avenue centrale 38400 Saint Martin d'Hères
name: Thomas LATHIERE
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
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