TY - JOUR
T1 - Preventing injuries among recreational adult volleyball players: Results of a prospective randomised controlled trial
AU - Gouttebarge, Vincent
AU - Barboza, Saulo Delfino
AU - Zwerver, Johannes
AU - Verhagen, Evert
N1 - Funding Information: VG, JZ and EV were involved in the development of “VolleyVeilig” in partnership with the Dutch Volleyball Federation (Nevobo). VG was employed as consultant by the Dutch Consumer Safety Institute, which owns “VolleyVeilig” together with the Dutch Volleyball Federation (Nevobo). SDB has no conflicts of interest to declare. The study was partly funded by the Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development (ZonMw). Funding Information: This work was supported by the Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek [536001007]. We greatly thank all volleyball trainers and players for their participation in the study. Publisher Copyright: © 2020, © 2020 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. Copyright: Copyright 2020 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2020/3/18
Y1 - 2020/3/18
N2 - The objective was to evaluate the effectiveness of an exercise-based warm-up programme (“VolleyVeilig”) on the one-season occurrence of musculoskeletal injuries among recreational adult volleyball players. A prospective randomised controlled trial was conducted over the 2017–2018 volleyball season. Recreational adult volleyball players were allocated either to an intervention or control group. The Dutch version of the Oslo Sports Trauma Research Centre questionnaire was used to register and monitor acute and overuse injuries. A total of 672 volleyball players were enrolled: 348 in the intervention group (mean age: 30) and 324 in the control group (mean age: 27). The incidence rate of acute injury was 21% lower in the intervention group, namely 8.9 versus 11.3 per 1,000 h in the control group (Cox mixed effects crude model: hazard ratio = 0.82 [95%CI: 0.69–0.98]; Cox mixed effects adjusted model: 0.85 [95%CI: 0.71–1.02]). No significant difference in mean prevalence of overuse injury was found between the intervention (4.8%) and control (4.2%) groups. The severity of injuries was not significantly different between groups, while injury burden was slightly lower in the intervention group. The exercise-based warm-up programme led to a trend in less acute injuries among recreational adult volleyball players.
AB - The objective was to evaluate the effectiveness of an exercise-based warm-up programme (“VolleyVeilig”) on the one-season occurrence of musculoskeletal injuries among recreational adult volleyball players. A prospective randomised controlled trial was conducted over the 2017–2018 volleyball season. Recreational adult volleyball players were allocated either to an intervention or control group. The Dutch version of the Oslo Sports Trauma Research Centre questionnaire was used to register and monitor acute and overuse injuries. A total of 672 volleyball players were enrolled: 348 in the intervention group (mean age: 30) and 324 in the control group (mean age: 27). The incidence rate of acute injury was 21% lower in the intervention group, namely 8.9 versus 11.3 per 1,000 h in the control group (Cox mixed effects crude model: hazard ratio = 0.82 [95%CI: 0.69–0.98]; Cox mixed effects adjusted model: 0.85 [95%CI: 0.71–1.02]). No significant difference in mean prevalence of overuse injury was found between the intervention (4.8%) and control (4.2%) groups. The severity of injuries was not significantly different between groups, while injury burden was slightly lower in the intervention group. The exercise-based warm-up programme led to a trend in less acute injuries among recreational adult volleyball players.
KW - Volleyball
KW - musculoskeletal injuries
KW - prevention
KW - prospective controlled trial
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U2 - https://doi.org/10.1080/02640414.2020.1721255
DO - https://doi.org/10.1080/02640414.2020.1721255
M3 - Article
C2 - 31992133
SN - 0264-0414
VL - 38
SP - 612
EP - 618
JO - Journal of sports sciences
JF - Journal of sports sciences
IS - 6
ER -