The reach and adoption of a coach-led exercise training programme in community football

Objective To determine the reach and adoption of a coach-led exercise training programme for lower limb injury prevention. Design Secondary analysis of data from a group-clustered randomised controlled trial. Setting A periodised exercise training warm-up programme was delivered to players during tr...

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Published in:British journal of sports medicine 2014-04, Vol.48 (8), p.718-723
Main Authors: Finch, Caroline F, Diamantopoulou, Kathy, Twomey, Dara M, Doyle, Tim L A, Lloyd, David G, Young, Warren, Elliott, Bruce C
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Athletes
Athletic Injuries - prevention & control
Athletic recruitment
Attitude to Health
Australian football
Cluster Analysis
Compliance
Data collection
Exercise Therapy - methods
Fitness training programs
Football - injuries
Humans
Injury prevention
Intervention
Original
Participation
Professional Practice
Regression analysis
Rugby
Seasons
Sports injuries
Sports medicine
Sports training
Success
Teams
Victoria
Western Australia
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Summary:Objective To determine the reach and adoption of a coach-led exercise training programme for lower limb injury prevention. Design Secondary analysis of data from a group-clustered randomised controlled trial. Setting A periodised exercise training warm-up programme was delivered to players during training sessions over an 8-week preseason (weeks 1–8) and 18-week playing season. Participants 1564 community Australian football players. Main outcome measurements Reach, measured weekly, was the number of players who attended training sessions. Adoption was the number of attending players who completed the programme in full, partially or not at all. Reasons for partial or non-participation were recorded. Results In week 1, 599 players entered the programme; 55% attended 1 training session and 45% attended > 1 session. By week 12, 1540 players were recruited but training attendance (reach) decreased to
ISSN:0306-3674
1473-0480
DOI:10.1136/bjsports-2012-091797