Medial Arch-Support Wrestling Shoes and Foot Posture Preservation in Adolescent Wrestlers: A Three-Year Randomized Controlled Trial
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 88
- 试验地点
- 1
研究概览
简要总结
This three-year randomized controlled trial investigated whether wrestling shoes with built-in medial arch support can preserve foot arch structure in adolescent male wrestlers compared to standard wrestling shoes without arch support.
A total of 88 adolescent male wrestlers (age 11 at baseline) were randomly assigned to wear either modified wrestling shoes with integrated medial arch support (intervention group, n=44) or standard commercially available wrestling shoes (control group, n=44). Foot posture was assessed annually using the Staheli Arch Index via podoscopy. Plantar pressure distribution was recorded using the Tekscan F-Scan system. The study followed participants for three years.
The primary aim was to determine whether medial arch-support wrestling shoes reduce the emergence of flat foot (pes planus) compared with standard wrestling shoes during a critical period of foot development in young athletes.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Prevention
- 盲法
- Single (Outcomes Assessor)
盲法说明
Participant blinding was not feasible due to visible shoe differences. Outcome assessors and statistical personnel were blinded to group allocation.
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 11 Years 至 11 Years（Child）
- 性别
- Male
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Registered wrestlers at Regional Boarding Schools (YBO)
- •Training frequency of 3 or more days per week
- •No lower extremity injury within the preceding 6 months
- •No current orthopedic insole use
- •Normal foot posture at baseline
排除标准
- •Prior lower extremity surgery
- •Neurological disorders
- •Rheumatological disorders
- •Severe congenital foot deformity
- •Current orthopedic insole use
- •Existing foot deformity at baseline
研究者
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Özgür EKEN
Associate Professor, Department of Physical Education and Sport Teaching
Inonu University