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Does Peer to Peer Learning Facilitated by an iPad Application Help Coaches Learn a Neuromuscular Training Warmup?

NCT04284358 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 85

Last updated 2020-02-25

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Summary

Purpose: To compare standard or technology integrated workshop delivery on coaches' measured ability to and confidence in recognizing for errors for key components of exercises in a soccer neuromuscular training (NMT) warm-up. Research in this area is needed to measure how effective NMT warm-up workshops are on educating coaches and if technology integration into the workshop improves their understanding as these measures are unknown to date.

Background: Injury prevention strategies such as using a NMT warm-up has been successful in reducing injuries (Emery, Roy, Whittaker, Nettel-Aguirre, \& van Mechelen, 2015). NMT warm-up workshops are provided to educate coaches however there are adoption issues for the coaches (van Reijen, Vriend, van Mechelen, Finch, \& Verhagen, 2016). An effective workshop is designed to enhance a coaches' self-efficacy and have a practical portion to work through the exercises (Emery, 2015; Steffen et al., 2013). iPad applications such as the Move Improve application are utilized to enhance peer to peer learning and provide feedback for the subject performing the exercise.

Research Plan: A randomized controlled trial (RCT) will be performed with clubs from the Calgary Minor Soccer Association (CMSA). Coaches from the recruited clubs will be randomized to attend one of two types of workshops : 1) intervention group (technology integrated coach NMT warm-up workshop) and 2) control group (standard NMT warm-up workshop.The control workshop is a two-hour workshops that includes an information period, on field instruction and partnered practice for all soccer NMT exercises. The technology-based workshop which is a two-hour workshop that includes on field exercise instruction and then partnered practice with use of the Move Improve mobile application for all soccer NMT exercises. All coaches (n=100; 50 per group) prior to the workshop commencing interested participants with be asked to fill out the consent form, the soccer NMT demographic information form and the Soccer NMT warm-up exercise self-efficacy questionnaire. Following the workshop, coaches will be asked to complete Soccer NMT warm-up exercise self-efficacy questionnaire again and the soccer NMT warm-up exercise test.

Conditions

  • Sport Injury

Interventions

OTHER

Technology integrated instruction neuromuscular training warm-up workshop

Participants will learn of the exercises with a traditional instructor demonstration and verbal explanation. Participants will then attempt the exercise and assess their execution via a video on a peer learning tablet application. This occurs for every exercise and occurs in pairs in which participants can discuss and evaluate an exercise by an exercise's key execution components.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Sport Injury Prevention Research Centre

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Kati Pasanen, PhD · Sport Injury Prevention Research Centre

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-10-15
Primary Completion
2019-12-08
Completion
2019-12-08

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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