Effects of App-based Versus Personal On-site Instruction on Neuromuscular Activity in Injury Prevention Exercises

National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Denmark47 enrolled

Overview

Therefore, the aim of the present study was to evaluate neuromuscular characteristics observed during a single bout of selected and validated injury preventive exercises instructed by an app (in accordance with 'Get set - Train smarter') versus gold standard instruction, supervision and feedback provided on-site by an expert. The present evaluation targets a population of female football and handball players without any previous exposure to injury prevention training.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Musculoskeletal Injury Injury, Knee

Interventions

Eligibility

Sex: FEMALEMin age: 18 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * female handball or football player (≥ 18 years old) competing at sub-elite level (i.e., 2-3 weekly training sessions) Exclusion Criteria: * previous traumatic knee injury, lower limb injury at the time of testing and/or previous engagement in injury prevention practices.

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Normalized hamstring EMG

Normalized to isometric MVC hamstring muscle EMG amplitude recorded during the exercise.

Time frame: 5 minutes after instruction

Secondary Outcomes

Normalized quadriceps EMG

Normalized EMG amplitude of the quadriceps muscle recorded during the exercise.

Time frame: 5 minutes after instruction

Joint angle

Joint angle during the exercise

Time frame: 5 minutes after instruction

Effects of App-based Versus Personal On-site Instruction on Neuromuscular Activity in Injury Prevention Exercises

Overview

Conditions

Interventions

Eligibility

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Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Secondary Outcomes