Strengthening Running Program in Novice Runners

Université Catholique de Louvain50 enrolled

Overview

The objectives of the study are comparing the risk of injury and the running performance among novice runners with two different training programmes. The first programme has less running volume but more strengthening than the second one which is a normal running programme with no specific strengthening program. Hypothesis: A training programme with less running but strengthening exercises based on interval technique and strength could have similar or better results regarding running related injuries and performance compared to a normal training programme. The experimentation will take place in Louvain-la-Neuve in Belgium. Most of the common trainings will take place on the 400m outdoor track field of of the University. A sample of local university students will be drawned. The sex proportion of the participants should be representative of the population (non-runners population), thus 50/50. They will have to be non-runners in good and healthy condition. A non-runner is defined as someone who did not practice regular running at least twice a week for the last 6 months and could not perform a 10km at enrolment. 50 participants will take part in this experimentation. They will be randomized into 2 groups of 25. The investifator hypothesize that 40 participants will follow the study until the end.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

DOUBLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Runner's Knee

Interventions

StrengtheningOTHER

The strengthening exercises were executed with the body weight without any additional weight and were composed of exercises like the squats, the lunges, the plank, and the mountain climbers

RunningOTHER

running for two supervised training sessions of one hour, and one free session of 30 minutes per week during 24 weeks

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 30 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: 1. they were between 18 and 30 years 2. matched our definition of novice runners 3. had not sustained a musculoskeletal injury in the past six months 4. agreed to subscribe to an online application and to report each running training on this platform. A novice runner was defined as someone who has not been running more than once a week for more than six months. The participants were systematically excluded if they did not match the interval of age, were not considered as novice runners, i.e., ran twice or more times a week for more than six months Exclusion Criteria: * They were also excluded if they had sustained an injury in the last 6 months or suffered from any musculoskeletal or neurological disorders

Locations (1)

Irec/Nmsk

Brussels, Belgium

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Aerobic performance

aerobic performance testing using VAM-EVAL procedure

Time frame: at baseline

Aerobic performance

aerobic performance testing using VAM-EVAL procedure

Time frame: at 21 weeks of training

Secondary Outcomes

Incidence of running related injuries

number of injuries due to running participation

Time frame: from baseline to 21weeks, up to 21 weeks total

drop-out

abandon from the running program for any reason except running related injuries

Time frame: from baseline to 21weeks, up to 21 weeks total

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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