What do community football players think about different exercise-training programmes? Implications for the delivery of lower limb injury prevention programmes.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Players are the targeted end-users and beneficiaries of exercise-training programmes implemented during coach-led training sessions, and the success of programmes depends upon their active participation. Two variants of an exercise-training programme were incorporated into the regular training schedules of 40 community Australian Football teams, over two seasons. One variant replicated common training practices, while the second was an evidence-based programme to alter biomechanical and neuromuscular factors related to risk of knee injuries. This paper describes the structure of the implemented programmes and compares players' end-of-season views about the programme variants.

Methods

This study was nested within a larger group-clustered randomised controlled trial

SUBMITTER: Finch CF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3995235 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature