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NCT Number: NCT02856360

Changes in Footwear Comfort and Performance in High School Football Players

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.

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Key information

Conditions

Foot Footwear

Age range

12 year–19 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Human Biomechanics and Physiology Laboratory

High Point, North Carolina, 27262, United States

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Participate on a club or school sponsored football team

Exclusion criteria

  • Current injury that limits sport participation

Treatment and study plan

Moderate Stiffness Footwear

Other

Standard moderately stiff footwear for typical high school football players will be randomly allocated to each group

High Stiffness Footwear

Other

Standard highly stiff footwear for typical high school football players will be randomly allocated to each group

Primary outcomes

  1. Footwear comfort rating using a 100mm visual analog scale

    Time frame: 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 outcomes

  1. Injury incidence

    Time frame: 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.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

High Point University

Other

Collaborators

  • Adidas International, Inc.

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2016
Primary completion
2018
Study completion
2018
First posted
Aug 4, 2016
Registry last updated
Feb 26, 2020

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