Prevalence and Functional Impact of Hand and Wrist Symptoms in Ice Hockey Players
Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phaseNot listed
Trial typeObservational
Biological sexAll
Age15+
SponsorDalarna County Council, Sweden
About this trial
Ice hockey places high physical demands on the hands and wrists due to frequent shooting, passing, and physical contact. This study aims to understand how common hand and wrist pain or symptoms are among ice hockey players in Sweden, and how these symptoms affect training, participation, and performance.
Players from different competitive levels (elite, junior, and amateur) and both sexes will complete a structured questionnaire based on the validated Oslo Sports Trauma Research Centre (OSTRC) tool, along with questions about pain intensity, symptom characteristics, and functional impact.
The goal is to describe the prevalence and severity of hand and wrist symptoms across different groups of players and to identify potential differences between sex, playing level, and position. No treatment or intervention is involved.
Eligibility criteria
This trial does not accept healthy volunteersQualifiers
Active ice hockey players currently registered on a participating team roster in Sweden.
Male or female players competing at elite, junior elite, or amateur level.
Participation in one of the included competition levels during the current season.
Able to understand and complete the questionnaire.
Disqualifiers
Declines participation.
Inability to complete the survey due to language barriers or cognitive limitations.
Acute severe upper-limb injury at time of data collection preventing meaningful survey completion, if deemed necessary for context-specific exclusion.
Trial population
Active male and female ice hockey players recruited from Swedish ice hockey teams across elite, junior elite, and amateur levels. Teams are selected from professional leagues (SHL and SDHL), second-tier leagues (HockeyAllsvenskan and NDHL where applicable), junior U18/U20 teams, and amateur clubs. Participants are drawn from active rosters during the competitive season or pre-season period and complete a structured questionnaire assessing hand and wrist symptoms, pain, and functional impact.
Trial design
Design model
Other
Time perspective
Other
Treatments tested in this trial
Not listed
Trial groups
800 Participants
are grouped into 1 trial groupGroup A: Ice Hockey Players
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
1
Prevalence of Hand and Wrist Pain Under Load in Ice Hockey Players
Proportion of ice hockey players reporting hand or wrist pain occurring during hockey-specific load-bearing activities (e.g., shooting, stick handling, body contact), assessed using a structured cross-sectional survey including OSTRC-based symptom items. Unit of Measure: Percentage of participants (%)
Time frame
Baseline (cross-sectional survey at enrollment)Secondary outcomes
1
Severity of Hand and Wrist Symptoms in Ice Hockey Players
Overall severity of hand and wrist symptoms during hockey participation, assessed using a structured questionnaire based on OSTRC overuse injury principles and a 0-10 numeric rating scale for pain intensity. Unit of Measure: OSTRC-based severity score (ordinal scale) Numeric Rating Scale (0-10), where 0 = no pain and 10 = worst imaginable pain (higher score = worse outcome)
Time frame
Baseline (cross-sectional survey at enrollment)2
Functional Impact of Hand and Wrist Symptoms on Participation and Performance
Self-reported impact of hand and wrist symptoms on participation in training and competition, training volume, and on-ice performance, assessed using structured OSTRC-based items. Unit of Measure: Ordinal scale responses (5-level categories) assessing: participation limitation training reduction performance impairment Higher scores indicate greater functional impact.
Time frame
Baseline (cross-sectional survey at enrollment)3
Characteristics of Hand and Wrist Pain in Ice Hockey Players
Distribution and pattern of self-reported hand and wrist pain during hockey participation, including anatomical location, triggering actions, and duration of symptoms. Unit of Measure: Categorical responses (multiple response options), including: anatomical location (e.g., radial wrist, ulnar wrist, fingers, thumb) triggering mechanisms (e.g., shooting, stick handling, body contact) symptom duration (e.g., during activity, minutes, hours, persistent) Results will be reported as frequencies and percentages.
Time frame
Baseline (cross-sectional survey at enrollment)4
History of Hand and Wrist Injuries and Associated Characteristics in Ice Hockey Players
Self-reported history of prior hand and wrist injuries, including injury type, timing, and current treatment status, as potential background factors associated with current symptom burden. Unit of Measure: Categorical variables reported as frequencies and percentages, including: presence of previous hand/wrist injury (yes/no) injury type (e.g., fracture, ligament injury, tendon injury) timing of most recent injury (year) current treatment status (yes/no; type of treatment)
Time frame
Baseline (cross-sectional survey at enrollment)Locations
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Source ClinicalTrials.gov
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