TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2022//
TI  - An intervention plan for preventing and handling amateur soccer players' injuries
JO  - Nigerian journal of clinical practice
A1  - Bakarman, M. A.
A1  - Tashkandi, M.
A1  - Mohammed, N. S.
SP  - 1816
EP  - 1822
VL  - 25
IS  - 11
N2  - BACKGROUND: The majority of amateur soccer players are vulnerable to soccer-related injuries and many such injuries are avoidable with an adequate education. <br><br>AIM: The present study aimed to measure the impact of an intervention educational plan on improving amateur soccer players' knowledge and skills in preventing and handling soccer-related injuries. <br><br>SUBJECTS AND METHODS: The study design is a group-clustered randomized intervention-control trial, and it was carried out in Taif city, Saudi Arabia. The "Neighborhood League of Football" players were randomly allocated to a soccer injury prevention education group (intervention group) and a control group. A predesigned and validated questionnaire was used to study the changes in knowledge and skills about soccer injuries before the intervention (response a) and after (response b). <br><br>RESULTS: The study included 246 participants in the intervention group and 256 in the control group (n = 502). The median age was 22 years. The comparison of both groups' participants' performance showed significant differences in response b analyses and participants in the intervention group achieved significantly higher scores than the control group in total score levels (P <.0001), injury mechanisms (P <.0001), injury treatment and prevention (P <.0001), and health status (P <.034). The intervention group's scores on response b (after the educational sessions) were significantly higher than response a (before the educational sessions, P < 0.001). <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: In multiple scales and overall score levels, intervention group participants achieved significantly higher scores than their control group counterparts. Educational assistance appears to have had a good impact on their knowledge and skills.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1119-3077
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/njcp.njcp_237_22
ID  - ref1
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