Strengthening Running Program in Novice Runners

Launched by UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN · Dec 12, 2022

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The objectives of the study are comparing the risk of injury and the running performance among novice runners with two different training programmes. The first programme has less running volume but more strengthening than the second one which is a normal running programme with no specific strengthening program.

Hypothesis: A training programme with less running but strengthening exercises based on interval technique and strength could have similar or better results regarding running related injuries and performance compared to a normal training programme.

The experimentation will take pla...

Gender

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • 1. they were between 18 and 30 years
• • 2. matched our definition of novice runners
• • 3. had not sustained a musculoskeletal injury in the past six months
• • 4. agreed to subscribe to an online application and to report each running training on this platform.
• • A novice runner was defined as someone who has not been running more than once a week for more than six months. The participants were systematically excluded if they did not match the interval of age, were not considered as novice runners, i.e., ran twice or more times a week for more than six months
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • They were also excluded if they had sustained an injury in the last 6 months or suffered from any musculoskeletal or neurological disorders