Clinical Trial: Prevention of Injuries and Musculoskeletal Disorders in the Defence Forces
Study Status: Completed
Recruit Status: Completed
Condition: Musculoskeletal Injury
Study Type: Interventional
Official Title: Musculoskeletal Injury Risk in a Military Cadet Population Participating in an Injury-prevention Program
Brief Summary:
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of an exercise-based injury-prevention program on the incidence of musculoskeletal injury, motor performance and psychosocial status. 36 Estonian Military Academy cadets were randomly assigned into either an intervention or control group. The intervention group followed a neuromuscular exercise-based injury-prevention warm-up program, 3 times per week for 6 months. The control group continued with the usual warm-up. The main outcome measure was injury…
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