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Injury Prevention Among Conscripts

NCT00595816 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 800

Last updated 2008-01-16

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this clinical trial is to study the effect of neuromuscular training program and regular safety counselling on the risk of musculoskeletal injuries in adolescent conscripts.

800 voluntary participants are recruited from the four army companies in western Finland during the years 2007 and 2008.

Conditions

  • Back Problems and Other Musculoskeletal Injuries

Interventions

OTHER

physical training and counselling

Neuromuscular training program 3 times per week 30 minutes per session and counselling on back problems and other musculosceletal injuries

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Finland's Slot Machine Association (RAY)

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Ministry of Education

    collaborator AMBIG

  • Scientific Advisory Board for Defence (MATINE)

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • UKK Institute

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Jari P Parkkari, MD, PhD · The UKK Institute

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
30 Years
Sex
MALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-07-31
Primary Completion
2008-01-31
Completion
2008-01-31

Countries

  • Finland

Study Locations

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