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Health condition
fall-related injuries in school children
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Intervention
Outcome measures
Primary outcome
Primary outcomes are incidence and severity of fall-related injuries. These outcomes will be monitored during the school year by the (gymnastic) teachers. Every week, the children will be asked about their injuries. When a child has suffered a severe injury (according to the definition of van Mechelen et al.), he or she fills in a form that questions the injury. The severity of the injury will be based on the time-loss of participation in physical activity. Because children will only fall if they take part in physical activity, the exposure will be questioned three times during the schoolyear.
Secondary outcome
Two secondary outcomes will be measured in this study:
1. Evaluation of the promoting and hindering factors for implementation of the program will be evaluated by questioning both children and teachers (process evaluation);
2. The effect of the training program on fall-coordination and fall-skills will be measured on three occasions during the school year with a physical fall-test. The test will only be executed in 10 classes.
Background summary
In the Netherlands, an increase has been found in the number of sports related injuries in children. This increase mainly concerned wrist fractures due to fall-injuries in children aged 8-12 years. Because the increase in injuries does not show a relationship with sports participation, it is theorized that the injuries can be influenced by improving falling skills in school children. To improve these falling skills, Consument en Veilligheid has developed a training program in which children will learn how to fall more safely.
The main purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of the training program on incidence and severity of fall-related injuries in primary school children. Furthermore the possibilities of implementing the training program in the gymnastic course will be evaluated, and fall-skills and fall-coordination will be measured.
Study objective
Reduction of number of fall related injuries in school children.
Study design
0M = oct 2009;
1M = jan 2010;
2M = may/june 2010.
Intervention
The intervention group will receive an eight week during fall-related injury prevention training program (titled: ‘Vallen is ook een sport’ © 2009 Consument en Veiligheid). The main purpose of this training is to teach children how to fall safely. This training course can be integrated in primary school gymnastic lessons and will be given by the children’s regular gymnastic teacher.
The (gymnastic) teachers of the control group will execute their normal routine.
Evert Verhagen
Department of Public and Occupational Health VU University Medical Center Van der Boechorststraat 7
Amsterdam 1081 BT
The Netherlands
+31 204449684
E.verhagen@vumc.nl
Evert Verhagen
Department of Public and Occupational Health VU University Medical Center Van der Boechorststraat 7
Amsterdam 1081 BT
The Netherlands
+31 204449684
E.verhagen@vumc.nl
Inclusion criteria
1. School children (group 5,6,7,8 of Dutch primary schools);
2. Knowledge of the Dutch language;
3. Skilled in reading and writing.
Exclusion criteria
Participants have to be mentally and physically capable of completing the training program.
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In other registers
| Register | ID |
|---|---|
| NTR-new | NL1914 |
| NTR-old | NTR2031 |
| Other | Wetenschapscommissie EMGO+ Instituut : WC2009-041 |
| ISRCTN | ISRCTN wordt niet meer aangevraagd. |