Key result
ACL prevention workshops boost coaches' intent, but only ~53% of teams implement the program.
Why the study?
There is limited evidence describing methods and challenges for implementing ACL injury prevention programs in a real-world context.
Does an ACL injury prevention program workshop improve coaches' behavioral determinants and implementation compliance in elite-division youth soccer?
Population
34 elite-division youth soccer coaches (mean age 34.6±9.1 years)
Comparison
Pre-workshop baseline vs post-workshop behavioral determinants
Design
Descriptive study with pre/post-workshop surveys
Follow-up
During the following soccer season
Authors
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Workshops may boost coach intentions without ensuring ACL program uptake; leaves open effective implementation strategies for youth soccer.
Does an ACL injury prevention program workshop improve coaches' behavioral determinants and implementation compliance in elite-division youth soccer?
p-value: p=<0.001
While a coaching workshop improved intentions to implement an ACL injury prevention program, it did not translate to high-level implementation compliance during the season.
Frank et al. (2014) studied ACL injury prevention (n=34). ACL injury prevention program (IPP) workshop was evaluated on Coaches' behavioral determinants regarding ACL IPP and subsequent rate and fidelity of implementation (p=<0.001). An ACL injury prevention program workshop increased coaches' intent to implement the program (P<0.001), but only 53% of teams implemented it during the following season.
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