Researchers at Saint Louis University (SLU) are enrolling high school, middle school and club football coaches in a clinical trial to increase youth sport coaches’ knowledge of musculoskeletal injuries and how to prevent them. While evidence suggests that NMT warm-up exercises can reduce injuries by about 60% across youth team sports, they remain underused by coaches.

In a clinical trial, SLU researchers and external collaborators will evaluate the effectiveness of the “MAP for Coaches,” a web-based musculoskeletal athletic injury prevention training course for youth football coaches, in implementing five to 10-minute structured warm-up exercises involving aerobics, agility, balance and focused strength training, toward reducing injuries in players.

Principal investigator Oluwatoyosi Owoeye, Ph.D., assistant professor of physical therapy at SLU, invites coaches to enroll by calling him at 314-977-8546 or email [email protected]. You may also sign up online: mapforcoaches.net.

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