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Effects of tailored advice on injury prevention knowledge and behaviours in runners: Secondary analysis from a
Heather Hollman1, Allison Ezzat2, Jean-Francois Esculier3
1UBC Rehabilitation Science Online Programs, Faculty of Medicine, Vancouver Campus, T325-2211 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T 2B5, Canada.
Objectives:
To determine whether biweekly tailored advice was more effective than general advice at baseline alone for enhancing evidence-based running-related injury (RRI) prevention knowledge and behaviours in runners.
Design:
Randomised controlled trial, blinded statistical analysis, secondary analysis.
Setting:
Recreational running clinics.
Participants:
Running clinics were cluster randomised into intervention or control groups. All participants (n = 51) received general RRI prevention advice (baseline), after which the intervention group (n = 31) received additional biweekly tailored advice (weeks 3-11), before all participants completed a Final Questionnaire (week 13).
Main Outcome Measures:
Between-group differences in change of evidence-based RRI prevention knowledge and behaviours.
Results:
Compared to baseline, the number of correct knowledge responses significantly increased in the intervention group (5.77, 95% CI 4.73, 6.81) and remained unchanged in controls (0.25, 95% CI -1.04, 1.55), outlining a positive effect only in the intervention group (p = 2.06 × 10-8). The number of correct behaviour responses significantly increased in the intervention group (1.94, 95% CI 0.94, 2.93) however this increase was not significantly greater than controls (p = 0.075).
Conclusions:
Biweekly tailored advice improved RRI prevention knowledge in runners. Further research into the impact of knowledge and behavioural change on RRI occurrence is warranted. ISRCTN 17357362.
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