Children´s Foot and Footwear Temperatures

This research aims to find thermal differences in foot in a group of children, detecting the most suitable footwear to acquire optimal foot temperature and taking into account that children in school age usually wear sports shoes instead of school shoes in most dimensions of daily life. It is assumed by general population that sports shoes increase sweating and provide less perspiration apart from biomechanical criteria, so for this reason the investigators are going to examine which thermal pattern offers each variety of footwear.

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Key information

Conditions

Thermography

Age range

9 year–10 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Universidad de Extremadura

Plasencia, Cáceres, 10600, Spain

About this study

Infrared thermal image allows detecting object´s temperature visually in a non-contact way. That makes the technique useful for different applications like in construction/ building, ecology, industry and medicine. Evolution of thermographic equipments makes it more accessible. It is a non- contact, non- invasive technique that helps researchers monitoring body temperature. So that, it is used to investigate ocular, liver, kidney and brain diseases, dental diagnosis, breast cancer detection or even sports injuries.

It is increasing the use of thermographic imaging in podiatry, so the main trials concerned to diabetes mellitus, vascular disorder or dermatological applications.

Nevertheless, there is little known about children´s foot temperature. Main studies are related to core temperature or variations in temperature among different parts of the body of enfants.

In consequence, the investigators found a lack of information related to such a significant topic, not only for podiatrists, but also for population in general.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

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

Inclusion criteria

Healthy 9- 10 years old children

Exclusion criteria

Vascular disease or another pathology that could interfere with thermal pattern of foot
Wore sports shoes daily
Used any kind of plantar orthoses, heels…
Didn´t have correctly singed informed consent
Wore sandals
Had a bandaged feet

Treatment and study plan

Infrared thermography

Other

Temperature observation in foot and footwear in healthy children

Primary outcomes

Infrared temperature

Time frame: march, 30- may, 23 2017

Foot and footwear temperature in children

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Marina Fontán- Jiménez

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Thermographic Analysis of Foot and Footwear in Children

Important dates

Study start: 2017
Primary completion: 2017
Study completion: 2017
First posted: Jun 18, 2019
Registry last updated: Jun 19, 2019

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