Efficacy of a Foot Strengthening Protocol on Sport Performance Kinetics
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Healthy Athletes
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint Etienne
- Enrollment
- 72
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- maximal isometric joint flexion muscle strength MTP (in N)
- Status
- Recruiting
- Last Updated
- 2 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
This randomized controlled trial aims to explore the effect of a foot strengthening protocol on toe flexion strength, foot deformation and morphology as well as kinetics during sprinting, cutting and jumping in healthy athletes (18-40 completed years). The study consists of a 4 weeks control period, followed by 8 weeks intervention period and 4 weeks follow up
Detailed Description
During the first period participants are unaware of their allocation, while in the intervention period they will be allocated to a train intervention or a control group (habits maintenance). The primary outcome is the toes maximal voluntary isometric plantarflexion. The treatment effectiveness estimand is the same as in a pretest-posttest case control study, considering the end of the control period as pre-point. An estimation of the individual variability in response to the treatment will be provided.
Investigators
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- Not provided
Exclusion Criteria
- Not provided
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
maximal isometric joint flexion muscle strength MTP (in N)
Time Frame: Change from baseline to Week 18
It will be measured using an ergometer composed of a 3-dimensional force sensor (Nano 25, ATI Industrial Automation, Garner, NC) during the 3 periods of the randomized controlled trial (control, intervention and follow-up) and repeatedly each week during the intervention protocol.
Secondary Outcomes
- Foot posture(Change from baseline to Week 18)
- propulsion impulse during jumps(Change from baseline to Week 18)
- Morphology of the foot muscles(Change from baseline to Week 18)
- general stiffness of the foot-ankle complex(Change from baseline to Week 18)
- propulsion impulse during direction changes(Change from baseline to Week 18)
- Foot deformity(Change from baseline to Week 18)
- propulsion impulse during sprinting(Change from baseline to Week 18)