The Impact of Eye and Body Training on the Injury Rate of Concussions in Female Soccer Players
Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexFemale
AgeNot listed
SponsorBrainCare Medical Group
About this trial
The research project aims to find out how special training influences the frequency and severity of injuries among female footballers in the top Swiss league. The project also aims to help establish normative values that are specifically tailored to women. The participating clubs will be randomly assigned to a comprehensive pre-season baseline examination with training recommendations based on the performed examinations (intervention group) or control group (normal training). Over the course of the 2024/2025 season, both groups will be compared in terms of the incidence and severity of concussions and musculoskeletal injuries. Initial results will be available in spring 2025 to coincide with the start of the European Women's Football Championship.
The investigators' hypothesis is that the training recommendations in the intervention group will lead to a lower incidence of concussions and that the players will show better injury prevention as a result of these exercises.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Registered player for a club in the top Swiss soccer league
No symptoms of acute head injury at the start of the study
Sufficient language skills to understand the study information and the informed consent form and to answer questionnaires and anamnestic questions correctly.
Disqualifiers
Symptomatic chronic diseases (e.g. tumor diseases, diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular diseases) with the exception of osteoarthritis and controlled (normotensively controlled) arterial hypertension
Pregnancy
Diagnosis of a psychiatric disorder/disease
Drug abuse
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Training recommendation
Treatment groups
209 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsLocations
Sponsors and collaborators
Source ClinicalTrials.gov