Preventing injuries among recreational adult volleyball players: Results of a prospective randomised controlled trial |
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| Authors: | Vincent Gouttebarge Saulo Delfino Barboza Johannes Zwerver Evert Verhagen |
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| Institution: | 1. Dutch Consumer Safety Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands;2. Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Amsterdam Movement Sciences, Meibergdreef 9, Amsterdam, The Netherlands;3. Amsterdam Collaboration on Health &4. Safety in Sports, AMC/VUmc IOC Research Center of Excellence, Amsterdam, The Netherlands;5. Division of Exercise Science and Sports Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africav.gouttebarge@amsterdamumc.nl https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0126-4177;7. Amsterdam Collaboration on Health &8. Master Program in Health &9. Education, University of Ribeirao Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil;10. Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Department of Public and Occupational Health, Amsterdam Movement Sciences, de Boelelaan 1117, Amsterdam, The Netherlandshttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-3285-7079;11. Center for Sports Medicine, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands;12. Division of Exercise Science and Sports Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa;13. Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Department of Public and Occupational Health, Amsterdam Movement Sciences, de Boelelaan 1117, Amsterdam, The Netherlandshttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-9227-8234 |
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| Abstract: | ABSTRACTThe 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. |
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| Keywords: | Volleyball musculoskeletal injuries prevention prospective controlled trial |
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https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0126-4177;7. Amsterdam Collaboration on Health &8. Master Program in Health &9. Education, University of Ribeirao Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil;10. Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Department of Public and Occupational Health, Amsterdam Movement Sciences, de Boelelaan 1117, Amsterdam, The Netherlands