The effectiveness of an online intervention in stimulating injury-preventive behaviour in adult novice runners: Results of a randomised controlled trial.

behaviour intervention primary prevention running tailor-made

Journal

South African journal of sports medicine

ISSN: 2078-516X

Titre abrégé: S Afr J Sports Med

Pays: South Africa

ID NLM: 101132064

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
2021

Historique:

entrez: 23 2 2023

pubmed: 20 9 2021

medline: 20 9 2021

Statut: epublish

Résumé

The online intervention Runfitcheck was developed to stimulate injury-preventive behaviour among adult novice runners. This study evaluated the effectiveness of Runfitcheck on injury-preventive behaviour among adult novice runners. A randomised controlled trial was conducted among adult novice runners. The intervention group had access to the Runfitcheck intervention, the control group performed their running activities as usual. One, three, and five months after enrolment, participants reported retrospectively what they had done regarding injury-preventive behaviour (operationalised as (i) using a (personalised) training schedule; (ii) performing strength and technique exercises; and (iii) performing a warm-up routine prior to running). Relative Risks (RR) and 95% Confidence Interval (95%CI) were used to analyse behavioural change. The intervention group (n=715) searched more often for information about a warm-up routine (RR 1.211; 95%CI 1.080-1.357), and added more often strength exercises to their warm-up routine (RR 1.228; 95%CI 1.092-1.380). The intervention group performed more often running technique exercises compared to the control group (n=696) (RR 1.134; 95%CI 1.015-1.267), but less often strength exercises (RR 0.865 (95%CI 0.752-0.995). Within the group of runners that did not perform any warm-up routine at enrolment (n=272), the intervention group started to perform a regular warm-up routine more often than the control group (RR 1.461; 95%CI 1.084-1.968). No significant results were found for using a training schedule. The online intervention Runfitcheck was effective in stimulating aspects of injury-preventive behaviour in adult novice runners, mostly related to a warm-up routine. NL6225, Registered April 24

Sections du résumé

Background UNASSIGNED

The online intervention Runfitcheck was developed to stimulate injury-preventive behaviour among adult novice runners.

Objectives UNASSIGNED

This study evaluated the effectiveness of Runfitcheck on injury-preventive behaviour among adult novice runners.

Methods UNASSIGNED

A randomised controlled trial was conducted among adult novice runners. The intervention group had access to the Runfitcheck intervention, the control group performed their running activities as usual. One, three, and five months after enrolment, participants reported retrospectively what they had done regarding injury-preventive behaviour (operationalised as (i) using a (personalised) training schedule; (ii) performing strength and technique exercises; and (iii) performing a warm-up routine prior to running). Relative Risks (RR) and 95% Confidence Interval (95%CI) were used to analyse behavioural change.

Results UNASSIGNED

The intervention group (n=715) searched more often for information about a warm-up routine (RR 1.211; 95%CI 1.080-1.357), and added more often strength exercises to their warm-up routine (RR 1.228; 95%CI 1.092-1.380). The intervention group performed more often running technique exercises compared to the control group (n=696) (RR 1.134; 95%CI 1.015-1.267), but less often strength exercises (RR 0.865 (95%CI 0.752-0.995). Within the group of runners that did not perform any warm-up routine at enrolment (n=272), the intervention group started to perform a regular warm-up routine more often than the control group (RR 1.461; 95%CI 1.084-1.968). No significant results were found for using a training schedule.

Conclusion UNASSIGNED

The online intervention Runfitcheck was effective in stimulating aspects of injury-preventive behaviour in adult novice runners, mostly related to a warm-up routine.

Trial registration UNASSIGNED

NL6225, Registered April 24

Identifiants

DOI: 10.17159/2078-516X/2021/v33i1a11297 PMID: 36816902 PMC: PMC9924545

pubmed: 36816902

doi: 10.17159/2078-516X/2021/v33i1a11297

pii: 2078-516x-33-v33i1a11297

pmc: PMC9924545

doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

v33i1a11297

Informations de copyright

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

Conflict of interest and source of funding: The authors declare no conflict of interest. This project was partly funded by the Netherlands Organization for Health Research and Development.

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