The Effect of a Home Training Program on Preferred Step Rate in Recreational Runners
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 发起方
- Mayo Clinic
- 入组人数
- 38
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Running cadence
研究概览
简要总结
This will be a pilot study to determine if a 6 week home training program can increase preferred step rate (cadence) in recreational runners. Increase in step rate has been correlated with decreased stress at lower limb joints in runners. This has the potential of decreasing overuse injuries in this population.
Research participants will have their preferred cadence evaluated at the beginning of the study. The athletes will be randomly assigned to two groups. One group will continue to train without intervention and the other group will train at a cadence of 10% higher than their preferred step rate.
At the end of 6 weeks the participants will have their preferred cadence reevaluated using the same method as pre-participation cadence was determined.
The investigators hypothesis the preferred running cadence of recreational runners following the intervention will be 5-10% greater than prior to the intervention and the increased cadence will be maintained for 6 months following the intervention.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Other
- 盲法
- Single (Outcomes Assessor)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —(Adult, Older Adult)
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •healthy male or female runners
- •18 years of age or greater
- •run two or more times per week most weeks of the year for at least 4 years
- •cadence of 85 strides/min or less as determined at initial evaluation
- •no musculoskeletal injuries or illnesses that would limit running in the last 6 months
- •currently running at least 15 miles a week
排除标准
- •baseline running cadence greater than 85 strides/min
- •inability to run
- •cardiovascular disease
- •greater than 2 cardiovascular risk factors
- •peripheral vascular disease
- •neurological disease
- •musculoskeletal injury or disease that causes pain with running
研究组 & 干预措施
Intervention Group
This group will undergo home exercise program designed to increase their running cadence.
干预措施: Change in running cadence (Behavioral)
Control Group
This group will not receive any intervention.
结局指标
主要结局
Running cadence
时间窗: 6 months
Running cadence (steps per minute) will be evaluated using a running cadence sensor to determine if the intervention subjects maintained their increased running cadence for 6 months following the intervention.
Running cadence
时间窗: 6 weeks
Running cadence (steps per minute) will be evaluated using a running cadence sensor to determine if the intervention subjects increased their running cadence by 10 steps per minute following the intervention.
次要结局
未报告次要终点
研究者
Jonathan T. Finnoff
Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Mayo Clinic
