Comparison of two implementation strategies for anterior cruciate ligament injury prevention in amateur girls' youth soccer: a prospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To compare two implementation strategies, an educational handout and a knowledge-to-action (KTA) intervention, for promoting anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury prevention programme (ACL-IPP) implementation in amateur youth girls' soccer. The primary outcomes assessed include frequency of ACL-IPP implementation and ACL injury risk.

Methods

This was a prospective cohort study, which followed 671 amateur female soccer players (15.72±1.78 years) whose coaches received either a KTA intervention (n=400) or an educational handout (n=271) regarding implementing an ACL-IPP. Over a single season, we tracked the number of ACL injuries weekly and implementation rates at the end of the season through surveying participating coaches. A χ² test was used to compar

SUBMITTER: Suits W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11404217 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature