Preventing Injury in Elite Orienteerers
Lower Extremity Injury
About this trial
This is an interventional prevention trial for Lower Extremity Injury focused on measuring elite orienteering
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
Adult elite orienteerers Aged 18-40 years Participating in the highest national orienteering league (Swedish League) Participant inclusion criteria - Age group: Adult Participant inclusion criteria - Gender: Both
Exclusion Criteria:
Injured adult elite orienteerers not able to perform baseline tests
Sites / Locations
- Karolinska Institutet
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
No Intervention
Intervention
Control
The intervention consists of an exercise program developed by the medical team of the National Federation of Orienteering. Specifically, it consists of four exercises targeting strength, flexibility and coordination of the lower extremity. The orienteerers are asked to perform the exercises four times a week throughout the entire study period. The exercises are heel rises, runners pose, single leg stance and one-leg jumps with three difficult levels aiming to mainly improve lower extremity strength and neuromuscular function (online supplement). Each second week the exercises' difficulty level is increased.
Normal training, no intervention