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Brief title
Health condition
Low pretraining cardiorespiratory fitness. Increased risk of overuse injuries.
Sponsors and support
Intervention
Outcome measures
Primary outcome
Cardiorespiratory fitness (2.7km run time)
Secondary outcome
- Incidence of overuse injuries, diagnosed by a military physician
- Incidence of acute injuries, diagnosed by a military physician
- Withdrawal from training for overuse injuries
- Withdrawal from training for acute injuries
- Effects of the intervention from a military physician, in case of an injury
Background summary
Research shows that there is strong evidence that poor performance on a set distance for run time is
a predictor for musculoskeletal injuries (MSI) in military and civilian athletic populations. Current
policy accepts recruits with slower run times to start the initial military training, leading to a high
attrition rate due to injuries. This has consequences for the demand for health care, and personnel
occupation of military units. This randomized controlled trial determines the effects of a pretraining
conditioning program for high injury risk Airmobile recruits on running endurance, injury incidences,
and withdrawal from training due to overuse injuries.
Study objective
A) Recruits in the intervention group show more improvement over time on mean endurance post
intervention and halfway through the AMOL, than recruits in the control group.
B) The chance of
withdrawal from training for overuse injuries of recruits in the intervention group is lower than the
chance of withdrawal from training for recruits in the control group.
Study design
Primary: week 1 AMOL, post intervention, and mid-term of the AMOL.
Secondary: success rates and injury incidences of the total training time.
Intervention
Pretraining conditioning program, with a focus on running endurance. Besides that, strength, core stability, agility and general health are also intervened.
The control group undergoes the usual procedure.
Inclusion criteria
- Airmobile recruits
- 2.7 km run time equal or more than 00:12:23 in week 1 of the AMOL
- signed informed consent
Exclusion criteria
- if one on the inclusion criteria is not met
Design
Recruitment
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In other registers
| Register | ID |
|---|---|
| NTR-new | NL6791 |
| NTR-old | NTR6977 |
| Other | METC UMC Utrecht : 17-631 |