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Minimalist Shoes Walking for Children

NCT03853863 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 116

Last updated 2020-02-11

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This is a single-blind randomized control study that will investigate the effects of a 12-week in-school walking training with minimalist shoes for local preschool children on intrinsic foot muscle size, muscle strength, and foot arch stiffness. The children in the control group will wear traditional footwear with arch support. It is hypothesized that walking with minimalist shoes may impose a positive impact to strengthen the IFM and promote foot arch stiffness for preschool children.

Conditions

  • Muscle Strength
  • Ultrasonography
  • Child, Preschool

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

in-school walking training with minimalist shoes

Participants in the MSW group will be given a pair of minimalist shoes for all in-school activities (i.e., 5 days/week and 7 hours/day) for 12 weeks. Similar to previous minimalist footwear studies, the intervention duration will be gradually increased over the 12-week training. In brief, subjects will wear the minimalist shoes for 1 out of 5 school days at the first week; 2 days at the second week, and so on until fully use of the minimalist shoes at the fifth week.

BEHAVIORAL

in-school walking training with protective shoes

Participants in the TSW group will be given a pair of given a pair of protective shoes with arch support for all in-school activities (i.e., 5 days/week and 7 hours/day) for 12 weeks,while follow the same wearing pattern as the MSW group.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Chinese University of Hong Kong

    collaborator OTHER

  • Harvard Medical School (HMS and HSDM)

    collaborator OTHER

  • The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Roy TH Cheung, PhD · The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
3 Years
Max Age
6 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-12-01
Primary Completion
2022-05-01
Completion
2022-12-01

Countries

  • China

Study Locations

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