Status:

COMPLETED

Effects of Shoe Longitudinal Bending Stiffness

Lead Sponsor:

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint Etienne

Conditions:

Runners

Eligibility:

MALE

18-50 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Carbon plates inserted in competitive running shoes have been increasingly used in the past 2-3 years and several investigations have shown that these plates increase the longitudinal bending stiffnes...

Detailed Description

Only one study has investigated the effects of LBS in running bouts longer than 8 minutes but on the biomechanics part, and their effects on neuromuscular fatigue and prolonged running performance. Th...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • aged ≥ 18 and ≤ 50 years.
  • men
  • experienced, well-trained endurance runners with the capacity to run 21km in less than 1h 40 and who train more than 5h a week.
  • free from muscular, bone or joint injuries
  • free from neurologic disease
  • approval received from a physician

Exclusion

  • currently participating in a structured exercise program
  • injury in the 3 months prior to the protocol
  • chronic joint pathologies (e.g.: repetitive sprains, patellar or ligament problems)
  • the intake of corticosteroids within 3 months (inhalation, infiltration or history of prolonged corticosteroid therapy).

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

February 7 2022

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

June 28 2022

Estimated Enrollment :

21 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04895501

Start Date

February 7 2022

End Date

June 28 2022

Last Update

July 6 2022

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Unités de Myologie et de Médecine du Sport

Saint-Etienne, France, 42055