Changes in Footwear Comfort and Performance in High School Football Players

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Foot; Footwear
• Interventions: Other: High Stiffness Footwear; Other: Moderate Stiffness Footwear

• Registration Number: NCT02856360
• Lead Sponsor: High Point University

Brief Summary

The objective of this proposal is to determine the effects of footwear stiffness on a large cohort of high school football players during a football season. The investigators expect that functional athlete groups will be developed, based on subject specific assessments (biomechanical, morphological, performance, comfort), and lead to important translational findings that may impact footwear modification and recommendation to a population of American football players. Two standard cleats will be randomized and provided during a season of high school football. Ratings of comfort, performance, and injury will be collected throughout the season.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2016-07
• Study First Submitted: 2016-08-02
• Study First Submitted QC: 2016-08-03
• Study First Posted: 2016-08-04
• Primary Completion: 2018-09-01
• Study Completion: 2018-11-01
• Status Verified: 2020-02
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-02-25
• Last Update Posted: 2020-02-26

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 150

Inclusion Criteria

• Participate on a club or school sponsored football team

Exclusion Criteria

• Current injury that limits sport participation

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
High Stiffness	High Stiffness Footwear	Shoe condition that has high stiffness
Moderate Stiffness	Moderate Stiffness Footwear	Shoe condition that has moderate stiffness

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Footwear comfort rating using a 100mm visual analog scale	3 months	Validated subjective rating of footwear comfort scale. This will be collected weekly during the football season with the average rating utilized at the end of the season. The unit of measure is a 100mm visual analog scale.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Injury incidence	3 months	Athletic trainer collected athletic exposures and lower extremity injuries will be collected weekly and combined to determine overall injury rates. The unit of measure is number of injuries per 1000 athletic exposures.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Human Biomechanics and Physiology Laboratory; 🇺🇸 High Point, North Carolina, United States