Preventing Youth Soccer Injury

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Injuries, Sports Injury, Sports Injuries in Children

In brief

A study is proposed to test whether adding additional referees to youth soccer matches may reduce the risk of injury to the children playing soccer. Publicly-open youth soccer games will be randomly assigned to have either one or three referees and videotaped. The videotaped games will then be watched to record risk-taking behavior by players, referee decisions, and other factors relevant to potential injury.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT04266925

Run by

University of Alabama at Birmingham

People needed

49

Starts

2017-08-26

Expected to finish

2017-11-11

Last updated by the study team

2020-05-20

Who can join

Age: 8 and older, up to 11. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• unit of measurement was youth soccer teams playing in Birmingham, Alabama area league

You may not qualify if…

• teams serving children under age 9 or over age 11

Where it is running

• UAB Youth Safety Lab, University of Alabama at Birmingham — Birmingham, Alabama, United States

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