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Football is the most popular sport in the world, with 260 million male and female active participants, including ~113,000 FIFA registered professional players. Playing football is fun and can provide many health benefits, however, it also presents a high injury risk. Studies on elite and non-elite footballers have reported similar injury rates in both genders. The most common football-related injuries are the knee and ankle ligament and thigh muscle strains, Over the past two decades, significant advancement has been made in the field of injury prevention in football. There are used trials to prevent specific injuries, as ankle sprain, ACL injuries, hamstring strains, etc. On the other hand, there are created programs designed to prevent a wider spectrum of injuries like FIFA11+.
Therefore, the aim of this study is to investigate the effect of a new injury prevention program on the overall injury incidence in young football players.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intervention | Experimental | The intervention group will use the new injury prevention program at least twice per week in their training sessions. |
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| Control | No Intervention | The control group will continue their usual training routine. |
| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Injury prevention program | Other | The execution of the program takes 10-15 minutes. The program will be performed in the training sessions, after the usual warm-up. The program is based on scientific evidence that has previously shown good efficacy on injury prevention in football. The exercise categories address 7 aspects:
Each category contains 2 exercises and the coach is free to decide which one to choose in every training session. All exercises are organized in five or six levels with increasing difficulty (physically and cognitively). |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
|---|---|---|
| Overall injury rate | up to 9 months |
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Inclusion Criteria:
officially registered football club in the football federation of Kosovo players must be between 13-19 years old regular training must take place at least three times per week
Exclusion Criteria:
teams already using an injury prevention program injured players
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| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| University of Gjakova | Gjakova | Kosovo |
| PubMed Identifier | Type | Citation | Retractions |
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| 41310111 | Derived | Obertinca R, Meha R, Hoxha I, Shabani B, Meyer T, Aus der Funten K. Impact of the 'FUNBALL' Programme on Severe Injuries Among Young Male Football Players: A Secondary Analysis from a Cluster-Randomised Controlled Trial. Sports Med Open. 2025 Nov 27;11(1):151. doi: 10.1186/s40798-025-00945-3. | |
| 38499320 | Derived |
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Cluster randomised controlled trial
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Two teams will work on injury data collection. Teams are not informed for which group (intervention or control) they are recording the datas.
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| Obertinca R, Meha R, Hoxha I, Shabani B, Meyer T, Aus der Funten K. Efficacy of a new injury prevention programme (FUNBALL) in young male football (soccer) players: a cluster-randomised controlled trial. Br J Sports Med. 2024 May 2;58(10):548-555. doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2023-107388. |