Clinical Trial: Effects of Strength Training on Musculoskeletal Overuse Injuries in Female Runners
Study Status: Recruiting
Recruit Status: Recruiting
Study Type: Interventional
Official Title: Effects of Strength Training on Musculoskeletal Overuse Injuries in Female Runners
Brief Summary: The purpose of this study is to look at the effect of strength training in preventing overuse injuries in female runners
Detailed Summary: This randomized clinical trial will compare the effects of 9-months of strength training to a control group on: (1) injury rates in female runners during the 9 month intervention period, and for 9 months after completing the intervention, and (2) on the potential mechanisms of injury including strength, joint and tissue loading, and psychosocial factors.
Sponsor: Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Current Primary Outcome: Incidence of Overuse Injury (Physical Exam/Injury Report Form) [ Time Frame: Month 18 ]
Original Primary Outcome: Same as current
Current Secondary Outcome:
- Lower Extremity Muscular Strength (HUMAC norm isokinetic dynamometer) [ Time Frame: Months 0, 9, and 18 ]To compare the effects of 9-months of strength training to a control group on lower extremity muscular strength at the conclusion and 9 months subsequent to completion of the intervention.
- Biomechanical Joint Moments (3D kinematic and kinetic data collected by 6-camera motion capture gait analysis) [ Time Frame: Month 0, 9, and 18 ]To compare the effects of 9-months of strength training to a control group on hip, knee, and ankle joint moments during running at the conclusion and 9 months subsequent to completion of the intervention.
- Biomechanical Joint Forces (3D kinematic and kinetic data collected by 6-camera motion capture gait analysis) [ Time Frame: Month 0, 9, and 18 ]To compare the effects of 9-months of strength training to a control group on knee and ankle compressive and shear bone-on-bone joint forces during running at the conclusion and 9 months subsequent to completion of the intervention.
- Biomechanical Joint Tissue Loading (3D kinematic and kinetic data collected by 6-camera motion capture gait analysis) [ Time Frame: Month 0, 9, and 18 ]To compare the effects of 9-months of strength training to a control group on joint tissue loading during running at the conclusion and 9 months subsequent to completion of the intervention.
- Self-Efficacy (Adherence Self-Efficacy Questionnaire) [ Time Frame: Months 0, 9, and 18 ]To compare the effects of 9-months of strength training to a control group on performance self-efficacy at the conclusion and 9 months subsequent to completion of the intervention
- Quality of Life (SF-12 Health Related Quality of Life Survey) [ Time Frame: Months 0, 9, and 18 ]To compare the effects of 9-months of strength training to a control group on health-related quality of life at the conclusion and 9 months subsequent to completion of the intervention
- Quality of Life (Satisfaction with Life Scale) [ Time Frame: Months 0, 9, and 18 ]To compare the effects of 9-months of strength training to a control group on health-related quality of life at the conclusion and 9 months subsequent to completion of the intervention
- Quality of Life (Positive and Negative Affect Scale) [ Time Frame: Months 0, 9, and 18 ]To compare the effects of 9-months of strength training to a control group on health-related quality of life at the conclusion and 9 months subsequent to completion of the intervention
- Quality of Life (State Trait Anxiety Inventory-S Scale) [ Time Frame: Months 0, 9, and 18 ]To compare the effects of 9-months of strength training to a control group on health-related quality of life at the conclusion and 9 months subsequent to completion of the intervention
- Quality of Life (Visual Analog Pain Scale) [ Time Frame: Months 0, 9, and 18 ]To compare the effects of 9-months of strength training to a control group on health-related quality of life at the conclusion and 9 months subsequent to completion of the intervention
Original Secondary Outcome: Same as current
Information By: Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Dates:
Date Received: June 17, 2016
Date Started: December 2015
Date Completion: December 2018
Last Updated: March 8, 2017
Last Verified: March 2017