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Impact of 'Recovery' Footwear on Lower Extremity Comfort and Biomechanics

NCT04830540 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2021-04-05

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The goal of this study is to understand the impact of wearing shoes with a compliant, energy absorbing midsole material, outside of athletic training sessions on the mechanics of movement, performance, and perceived joint pain and stiffness. Advances in material science have led to a wider range of cushioning system material properties and mid and outsole geometries in footwear. While there are many marketing claims about the potential health benefits of this new class of footwear these have not yet been investigated in well-designed scientific studies.

It is hypothesized that the intervention shoe as compared to the control will reduce self-reported joint pain and stiffness, improve ankle plantarflexion function and increase intersegmental foot motion during walking.

Conditions

Interventions

DEVICE

OOFOS Recovery Footwear

The OOFOS shoes/ sandals are a commercially available footwear with a compliant, energy absorbing midsole material.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Massachusetts, Amherst

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
30 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-02-08
Primary Completion
2022-01-31
Completion
2022-01-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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