InjuryNCT07179393
Evaluating the Efficacy of a Ladies Gaelic Football-Specific Injury Prevention Programme
A study testing Ladies Gaelic Football-Specific Injury Prevention Programme in people with Injury and Physical Performances, run by Dublin City University at 1 site in Ireland.
Trial summary
The aim of this research is to evaluate the impact of an injury prevention programme on injury risk factors and performance outcomes in Ladies Gaelic Football players. This injury prevention programme was designed with input from Ladies Gaelic football stakeholders and experts and this study will determine if this… Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Any ageHealthy volunteers can take part
- Conditions the study is for
- Injury, Physical Performances
- What is being tested?
- Ladies Gaelic Football-Specific Injury Prevention Programme
- Type of treatment
- Lifestyle or therapy programme
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 197 participants
- Where
- 1 siteIreland
- Study dates
- 23 Jun 2025to 3 Oct 2025
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages Any age
- All sexes
- Healthy volunteers accepted
- Child, Adult, Older adult
Who may be able to join
- Current Ladies Gaelic Football player competing at adult or minor level from teams consenting to participate in the trial
Who cannot join
- Players with a current injury preventing full training participation
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
About this study
Official title: Evaluating the Efficacy of a Ladies Gaelic Football-Specific Injury Prevention Programme: A Cluster Randomised Trial
The aim of this research is to evaluate the impact of an injury prevention programme on injury risk factors and performance outcomes in Ladies Gaelic Football players. This injury prevention programme was designed with input from Ladies Gaelic football stakeholders and experts and this study will determine if this programme reduces injury risk and improves physical performance over time. Participants will complete physical performance tests before and after the intervention, which consists of incorporating the injury prevention programme into regular team training sessions for 12 weeks. The study will also integrate a qualitative component to assess player's perceptions of the programme and their willingness to implement it.
- Conditions
- Injury, Physical Performances
- Being tested
- Ladies Gaelic Football-Specific Injury Prevention Programme
- Keywords
- Sports Injury Prevention, Community Sport, Ladies Gaelic Football, Injury Prevention Programme
- Medical subject headings
- Wounds and Injuries
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
Ladies Gaelic Football-Specific Injury Prevention ProgrammeBehavioural
This intervention is an injury prevention programme designed with input from Ladies Gaelic football stakeholders (players and coaches) as well as experienced athletic therapy and physiotherapy practitioners and academics from the disciplines of injury prevention and coaching science.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Control Group | No intervention | Those in the Control Group continue with their regular training/injury prevention practices during the intervention period. |
| Intervention Group | Experimental | Those in the Intervention Group perform the injury prevention programme twice weekly as part of their regular training sessions. Receives: Behavioral: Ladies Gaelic Football-Specific Injury Prevention Programme |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Change in Y-Balance Composite Score
Change from pre-testing to post-testing in Ladies Gaelic Football players Y-Balance Composite Score. The Y-Balance Composite Score is a single percentage value from the Y-Balance Test indicating overall stability. Lower scores suggest greater injury risk and higher composite scores suggest less injury risk.
Measured: 12 weeks
Change in 20 Metre Sprint Time
Change in Ladies Gaelic Football players' 20 metre sprint times from pre-testing to post-testing. Lower time is better.
Measured: 12 weeks
Change in 505 Agility Test Time
Change in Ladies Gaelic Football players' 505 Agility Test Time from pre-testing to post-testing. Lower time is better.
Measured: 12 weeks
Change in Landing Error Scoring System Score
Change in Ladies Gaelic Football players' Landing Error Scoring System scores from pre-testing to post-testing. Lower score is better. The minimum possible score is 0 (indicating excellent, low-risk performance), and the maximum possible score is 19 (indicating poor, high-risk performance).
Measured: 12 weeks
Change in Isometric Hamstring Strength (Maximal Force)
Change in Ladies Gaelic Football Isometric Hamstring Strength (Maximal Force) from pre-testing to post-testing as measured by the VALD ForceFrame. Greater Newtons of force is better.
Measured: 12 weeks
Change in Power Output (measured via a Countermovement Jump)
Change in Ladies Gaelic Football players' Power Output (measured via a Countermovement Jump) as measured by the VALD ForceDecks. Greater power output (Watts) is better.
Measured: 12 weeks
Secondary outcomes (2)
Number of sports-related injuries suffered during the intervention period relative to match hours and training hours (injury incidence)
Difference between the control group and intervention group in terms of the number of sports-related injuries suffered during the intervention period relative to match hours and training hours completed by each group
Measured: 12 weeks
Player/Coach perceptions of the programme and willingness to implement it
Interview/Focus groups following the intervention period will assess how players and coaches in the intervention group perceive the injury prevention programme and their willingness to implement it in the future.
Measured: 12 weeks
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted17 Sep 2025
- Study start23 Jun 2025
- Primary completion3 Oct 2025
- Study completion3 Oct 2025
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for InjuryStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase N/A
- Primary purpose
- Prevention
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Model description
- Cluster Randomised Trial
- Masking
- Single blind
- Who is masked
- Investigator
- Enrolment
- 197 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Dublin City University
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Responsible party
- Sponsor
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT07179393
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- DCUREC/2025/056
- Status last verified
- Dec 2025
- First submitted
- 11 Sep 2025
- Last updated
- 26 Dec 2025
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- Undecided
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 26 Dec 2025. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Evaluating the Efficacy of a Ladies Gaelic Football-Specific Injury Prevention Programme: A Cluster Randomised Trial
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT07179393
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- DCUREC/2025/056
- Conditions
- Injury, Physical Performances
- Keywords
- Sports Injury Prevention, Community Sport, Ladies Gaelic Football, Injury Prevention Programme
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 197 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- Dublin City UniversityUniversity, hospital or other
- Study start
- 23 Jun 2025 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 3 Oct 2025 (actual)
- Study completion
- 3 Oct 2025 (actual)
- First posted
- 17 Sep 2025 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
The aim of this research is to evaluate the impact of an injury prevention programme on injury risk factors and performance outcomes in Ladies Gaelic Football players. This injury prevention programme was designed with input from Ladies Gaelic football stakeholders and experts and this study will determine if this programme reduces injury risk and improves physical performance over time. Participants will complete physical performance tests before and after the intervention, which consists of incorporating the injury prevention programme into regular team training sessions for 12 weeks. The study will also integrate a qualitative component to assess player's perceptions of the programme and their willingness to implement it.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Prevention
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- Single blind (investigator)
- Number of arms
- 2
- Model description
- Cluster Randomised Trial
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Control Group | No intervention | –Those in the Control Group continue with their regular training/injury prevention practices during the intervention period. |
| Intervention Group | Experimental | Behavioral: Ladies Gaelic Football-Specific Injury Prevention ProgrammeThose in the Intervention Group perform the injury prevention programme twice weekly as part of their regular training sessions. |
Who may qualify
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
- Age groups
- Child, Adult, Older adult
Key inclusion criteria (1 listed)
- Current Ladies Gaelic Football player competing at adult or minor level from teams consenting to participate in the trial
Key exclusion criteria (1 listed)
- Players with a current injury preventing full training participation
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| Ladies Gaelic Football-Specific Injury Prevention ProgrammeThis intervention is an injury prevention programme designed with input from Ladies Gaelic football stakeholders (players and coaches) as well as experienced athletic therapy and physiotherapy practitioners and academics from the disciplines of injury prevention and coaching science. | Behavioural | Intervention Group |
Primary outcome
Change in Y-Balance Composite Score
Time frame: 12 weeks
Change from pre-testing to post-testing in Ladies Gaelic Football players Y-Balance Composite Score. The Y-Balance Composite Score is a single percentage value from the Y-Balance Test indicating overall stability. Lower scores suggest greater injury risk and higher composite scores suggest less injury risk.
Change in 20 Metre Sprint Time
Time frame: 12 weeks
Change in Ladies Gaelic Football players' 20 metre sprint times from pre-testing to post-testing. Lower time is better.
Change in 505 Agility Test Time
Time frame: 12 weeks
Change in Ladies Gaelic Football players' 505 Agility Test Time from pre-testing to post-testing. Lower time is better.
Change in Landing Error Scoring System Score
Time frame: 12 weeks
Change in Ladies Gaelic Football players' Landing Error Scoring System scores from pre-testing to post-testing. Lower score is better. The minimum possible score is 0 (indicating excellent, low-risk performance), and the maximum possible score is 19 (indicating poor, high-risk performance).
Change in Isometric Hamstring Strength (Maximal Force)
Time frame: 12 weeks
Change in Ladies Gaelic Football Isometric Hamstring Strength (Maximal Force) from pre-testing to post-testing as measured by the VALD ForceFrame. Greater Newtons of force is better.
Change in Power Output (measured via a Countermovement Jump)
Time frame: 12 weeks
Change in Ladies Gaelic Football players' Power Output (measured via a Countermovement Jump) as measured by the VALD ForceDecks. Greater power output (Watts) is better.
2 secondary outcomes
Number of sports-related injuries suffered during the intervention period relative to match hours and training hours (injury incidence)
Time frame: 12 weeks
Player/Coach perceptions of the programme and willingness to implement it
Time frame: 12 weeks
Results and safety
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 26 Dec 2025.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: Undecided
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
The record lists no contact. Use the official record to reach the sponsor.
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing Ladies Gaelic Football-Specific Injury Prevention Programme in people with Injury and Physical Performances, run by Dublin City University at 1 site in Ireland.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 1 inclusion and 1 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 26 Dec 2025. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in Ireland. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Change in Y-Balance Composite Score (time frame: 12 weeks). The study lists 6 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 26 Dec 2025.