Contact information
Type
Scientific
Primary contact
Dr S W Bredeweg
ORCID ID
Contact details
P.O. Box 30001
Groningen
9700 RB
Netherlands
+31 (0)50 3611023
s.bredeweg@sport.umcg.nl
Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
N/A
Study information
Scientific title
Acronym
GRONORUN
Study hypothesis
A more gradual training program for novice runners will result in a reduction of running related injuries in novice runners.
Ethics approval
Ethics approval received from the local medical ethics committee
Study design
Randomised controlled trial
Primary study design
Interventional
Secondary study design
Randomised controlled trial
Trial setting
Not specified
Trial type
Prevention
Patient information sheet
Condition
Running related injuries
Intervention
A gradual training programme lasting 13 weeks is performed by the intervention group according to prepare for a four mile run. The increase of running load is 10% per week (time).
The control group will train for the four mile run using a classic training program lasting eight weeks.
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Specified
Drug names
Primary outcome measures
The incidence of running related injuries.
Secondary outcome measures
1. The severity of running related injuries
2. The compliance with the training programme and drop out
Overall trial start date
11/07/2005
Overall trial end date
10/07/2006
Reason abandoned
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
Novice runners (maximum of 30 minutes a month) between 18 and 65 years of age.
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Adult
Gender
Both
Target number of participants
532
Participant exclusion criteria
No injury of lower limb in the past three months before the start of the study.
Recruitment start date
11/07/2005
Recruitment end date
10/07/2006
Locations
Countries of recruitment
Netherlands
Trial participating centre
P.O. Box 30001
Groningen
9700 RB
Netherlands
Sponsor information
Organisation
University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG), University Center for Sport, Exercise and Health (The Netherlands)
Sponsor details
P.O. Box 30001
Groningen
9700 RB
Netherlands
+31 (0)50 3613366
g.j.pepping@sport.umcg.nl
Sponsor type
Hospital/treatment centre
Website
Funders
Funder type
Research organisation
Funder name
The Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development (Zon-MW) (The Netherlands)
Alternative name(s)
Funding Body Type
Funding Body Subtype
Location
Results and Publications
Publication and dissemination plan
Not provided at time of registration
Intention to publish date
Participant level data
Not provided at time of registration
Results - basic reporting
Publication summary
Study protocol on http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=17331264
Results in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=retrieve&db=pubmed&list_uids=17940147
Publication citations
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Study protocol
Buist I, Bredeweg SW, Lemmink KA, Pepping GJ, Zwerver J, van Mechelen W, Diercks RL, The GRONORUN study: is a graded training program for novice runners effective in preventing running related injuries? Design of a Randomized Controlled Trial., BMC Musculoskelet Disord, 2007, 8, 24, doi: 10.1186/1471-2474-8-24.
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Results
Buist I, Bredeweg SW, van Mechelen W, Lemmink KA, Pepping GJ, Diercks RL, No effect of a graded training program on the number of running-related injuries in novice runners: a randomized controlled trial., Am J Sports Med, 2008, 36, 1, 33-39, doi: 10.1177/0363546507307505.