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ArticleBMJ open sport & exercise medicine2016

The efficacy of a movement control exercise programme to reduce injuries in youth rugby: a cluster randomised controlled trial.

M D Hislop, K A Stokes, S Williams, C D McKay, M England, S P T Kemp, G Trewartha

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Article in BMJ open sport & exercise medicine, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

M D HislopDepartment for Health , University of Bath , Bath , UK.
K A StokesDepartment for Health , University of Bath , Bath , UK.
S WilliamsDepartment for Health , University of Bath , Bath , UK.
C D McKayDepartment for Health , University of Bath , Bath , UK.
M EnglandRugby Football Union , Twickenham , UK.
S P T KempRugby Football Union , Twickenham , UK.
G TrewarthaDepartment for Health , University of Bath , Bath , UK.ORCID 0000-0002-9021-8956
University of Bath · GBThe Football Association · GB

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundInjuries to youth rugby players have become an increasingly prominent health concern, highlighting the importance of developing and implementing appropriate preventive strategies. A growing body of evidence from other youth sports has demonstrated the efficacy of targeted exercise regimens to reduce injury risk. However, studies have yet to investigate the effect of such interventions in youth contact sport populations like rugby union.

objectiveTo determine the efficacy of an evidence-based movement control exercise programme compared with a sham exercise programme to reduce injury risk in youth rugby players. Exercise programme compliance between trial arms and the effect of coach attitudes on compliance will also be evaluated.

settingSchool rugby coaches in England will be the target of the researcher intervention, with the effects of the injury prevention programmes being measured in male youth players aged 14-18 years in school rugby programmes over the 2015-2016 school winter term.

methodsA cluster-randomised controlled trial with schools randomly allocated to either a movement control exercise programme or a sham exercise programme, both of which are coach-delivered. Injury measures will derive from field-based injury surveillance, with match and training exposure and compliance recorded. A questionnaire will be used to evaluate coach attitudes, knowledge, beliefs and behaviours both prior to and on the conclusion of the study period. OUTCOME MEASURES: Summary injury measures (incidence, severity and burden) will be compared between trial arms, as will the influence of coach attitudes on compliance and injury burden. Additionally, changes in these outcomes through using the exercise programmes will be evaluated. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: ISRTCNN13422001.

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AdolescentContact sportsInjuryInterventionRugby

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PMCPMC5117042
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