IMPORTANCE: Supervised injury prevention programs can decrease injuries in female high school athletes. Research regarding home-based injury prevention programs is limited. OBJECTIVE: To identify barriers to compliance with a home-based injury prevention program in rural Wisconsin female high school basketball players. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study including participants from 9 rural Wisconsin high schools. Participants were instructed in appropriate exercise form and DVD use in a group-based format. Participants were instructed to perform the home-based program 3 times per week for 8 weeks. Participants then completed a survey regarding their program compliance. SETTING: Exercise instruction and surveys were completed in the participant's high school gymnasium. PARTICIPANTS: Female students in grades 9-12, who intended to play basketball, were invited to participate. Of the 175 eligible students, 66 enrolled in the study. INTERVENTION: The intervention consisted of a DVD-based injury prevention program. MAIN OUTCOME: Our hypothesis--that compliance with a home-based injury prevention program would be low--was established prior to study commencement. Outcome measures consisted of self-reported responses by participants. Statistics are descriptive. RESULTS: Follow-up surveys were completed by 27 of 66 participants, with 50% reporting performing the injury prevention program 0-3 times per week. The reasons for low compliance included "I did not have time to do the program," followed by "I forgot to do the program." CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE: Wisconsin female high school basketball players demonstrated very low compliance with a home-based injury prevention program. This paper identifies barriers to compliance.
IMPORTANCE: Supervised injury prevention programs can decrease injuries in female high school athletes. Research regarding home-based injury prevention programs is limited. OBJECTIVE: To identify barriers to compliance with a home-based injury prevention program in rural Wisconsin female high school basketball players. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study including participants from 9 rural Wisconsin high schools. Participants were instructed in appropriate exercise form and DVD use in a group-based format. Participants were instructed to perform the home-based program 3 times per week for 8 weeks. Participants then completed a survey regarding their program compliance. SETTING: Exercise instruction and surveys were completed in the participant's high school gymnasium. PARTICIPANTS: Female students in grades 9-12, who intended to play basketball, were invited to participate. Of the 175 eligible students, 66 enrolled in the study. INTERVENTION: The intervention consisted of a DVD-based injury prevention program. MAIN OUTCOME: Our hypothesis--that compliance with a home-based injury prevention program would be low--was established prior to study commencement. Outcome measures consisted of self-reported responses by participants. Statistics are descriptive. RESULTS: Follow-up surveys were completed by 27 of 66 participants, with 50% reporting performing the injury prevention program 0-3 times per week. The reasons for low compliance included "I did not have time to do the program," followed by "I forgot to do the program." CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE: Wisconsin female high school basketball players demonstrated very low compliance with a home-based injury prevention program. This paper identifies barriers to compliance.