Status:

UNKNOWN

Impact of 'Recovery' Footwear on Lower Extremity Comfort and Biomechanics

Lead Sponsor:

University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Conditions:

Arthralgia

Joint Stiffness

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-30 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The goal of this study is to understand the impact of wearing shoes with a compliant, energy absorbing midsole material, outside of athletic training sessions on the mechanics of movement, performance...

Detailed Description

Participants will be asked to make 2 visits, 6 weeks apart, to the Umass Biomechanics Lab in the Totman Building at UMass Amherst for gait analysis and biomechanical performance testing. At the first...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • BMI 18 - 35 kg/m2.
  • Stiff or cleated footwear athlete on a competitive team.

Exclusion

  • Current injury that required absence from one or more practices in the last 3 weeks of regular team practice.
  • Orthotic or other shoe insert used outside of athletic training times.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

February 8 2021

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

January 31 2022

Estimated Enrollment :

60 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04830540

Start Date

February 8 2021

End Date

January 31 2022

Last Update

April 5 2021

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Musculoskeletal & Orthopedic Biomechanics Laboratory/ University of Massachusetts Amherst

Amherst, Massachusetts, United States, 01002