The implementation effectiveness of the 'Strengthen your ankle' smartphone application for the prevention of ankle sprains: design of a randomized controlled trial

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Van Reijen, Miriam [1 ,2 ]
Vriend, Ingrid I. [3 ]
Zuidema, Victor [3 ]
van Mechelen, Willem [1 ,2 ]
Verhagen, Evert A. [1 ,2 ]
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[1] EMGO Inst Hlth & Care Res, Dept Publ & Occupat Hlth, NL-1081 BT Amsterdam, Netherlands
[2] Vrije Univ Amsterdam Med Ctr, NL-1081 BT Amsterdam, Netherlands
[3] Consumer Safety Inst VeiligheidNL, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Mobile health; Ankle sprains; Ankle injury; Prevention; Neuromuscular training; BOARD TRAINING-PROGRAM; VOLLEYBALL INJURIES; ECONOMIC-EVALUATION; PROSPECTIVE COHORT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; RECURRENCES;
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10.1186/1471-2474-15-2
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R826.8 [整形外科学]; R782.2 [口腔颌面部整形外科学]; R726.2 [小儿整形外科学]; R62 [整形外科学(修复外科学)];
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Background: Ankle sprains continue to pose a significant burden to the individual athlete, as well as to society as a whole. However, despite ankle sprains being the single most common sports injury and despite an active approach by various Dutch organisations in implementing preventive measures, large-scale community uptake of these preventive measures, and thus actual prevention of ankle sprains, is lagging well behind. In an attempt to bridge this implementation gap, the Dutch Consumer Safety Institute VeiligheidNL developed a freely available interactive App ('Strenghten your ankle' translated in Dutch as: 'Versterk je enkel; available for iOS and Android) that contains - next to general advice on bracing and taping - a proven cost-effective neuromuscular program. The 'Strengthen your ankle' App has not been evaluated against the 'regular' prevention approach in which the neuromuscular program is advocated through written material. The aim of the current project is to evaluate the implementation value of the 'Strengthen your ankle' App as compared to the usual practice of providing injured athletes with written materials. In addition, as a secondary outcome measure, the cost-effectiveness will be assessed against usual practice. Methods/Design: The proposed study will be a randomised controlled trial. After stratification for medical caregiver, athletes will be randomised to two study groups. One group will receive a standardized eight-week proprioceptive training program that has proven to be cost-effective to prevent recurrent ankle injuries, consisting of a balance board (machU/ MSG Europe BVBA), and a traditional instructional booklet. The other group will receive the same exercise program and balance board. However, for this group the instructional booklet is exchanged by the interactive 'Strengthen your ankle' App. Discussion: This trial is the first randomized controlled trial to study the implementation effectiveness of an App for proprioceptive balance board training program in comparison to a traditional printed instruction booklet, with the recurrence of ankle sprains among athletes as study outcome. Results of this study could possibly lead to changes in practical guidelines on the treatment of ankle sprains and in the use of mobile applications for injury prevention. Results will become available in 2014.
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