Advanced Footwear Technology in Federated Athletes

Not yet recruiting

• Conditions: Athlete Foot

• Registration Number: NCT06919107
• Lead Sponsor: University of Oviedo

Brief Summary

Background. Athletics is one of the sports modalities with the greatest growth in the number of federative licenses in our country. In the last five years, the use of footwear with Advanced Footwear Technology (AFT) has become widespread in order to increase athletic performance.

Objective. To analyze the risk of injury in athletes using Advanced Footwear Technology as well as the sporting, sociodemographic and anthropometric variables that influence this risk.

Method. Ambispective cohort study. Ninety-five athletes competing in events longer than 800 meters will be recruited. The primary variable will be the number of injuries, muscular and tendon, of lower limbs in the last 3 athletic seasons. Secondary and modifying variables will be: age, sex, weekly training load with and without AFT, weekly training frequency, completion of a complementary toning program and foot size. Potential confounding variables will be body mass index, main training surface and commercial footwear models used. The analysis will calculate the risk of injury in these athletes and assess the influence of confounders and trend analysis on the primary variable, stratified by potential confounders.

Expected results. To calculate the risk of injury as a function of sport, sociodemographic and anthropometric variables. Identify

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2025-03
• Study First Submitted: 2025-03-25
• Study Start: 2025-03-31
• Study First Submitted QC: 2025-04-01
• Last Update Submitted: 2025-04-01
• Study First Posted: 2025-04-09
• Last Update Posted: 2025-04-09
• Primary Completion: 2025-04-30
• Study Completion: 2025-05-15

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 95

Inclusion Criteria

• Athletes competing in events longer than 800 meters; iii) athletes who have not undergone previous musculoskeletal surgery in the seasons under study.
• Federated in the Federación de Atletismo del Principado de Asturias (Asturias Athletics Federation).
• Athletes who have not undergone previous musculoskeletal surgery in the seasons under study.
• Who were federated at least one year before the study period.

Exclusion Criteria

• Athletes who do not use AFT devices.
• Athletes with a muscle or tendon injury at the time of the study.

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Assessment of the number of muscle and tendon injuries recorded by athletes in the lower limbs	Screening visit	Number of lower limb muscle and tendon injuries during the last 3 athletic seasons

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Assessment of age	Screening visit	Measurement of age (measured in years completed, by requesting the date of birth to calculate this value).
Assessment of gender	Screening visit	Measurement of gender (measured with a dichotomous variable: female / male)
Assessment of the weekly training load, using AFT or not	Screening visit	Measurement of weekly training load with and without AFT (measured in kilometers traveled)
Assessment of weekly training frequency	Screening visit	Measurement of weekly training frequency (measured in hours).
Assessment of the implementation of a complementary strengthening program	Screening visit	Measurement of the implementation of a complementary strengthening program (measured with a dichotomous variable: yes/no).
Assessment of the size of athletes' feet	Screening visit	Measurement of foot size (measured in international units)

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University of Oviedo; 🇪🇸 Oviedo, Asturias, Spain