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The Effect of Minimalist Footwear on the Anthropometric and Biomechanical Parameters of the Lower Limb and Foot

NCT04971915 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 50

Last updated 2022-12-16

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The study aims to determine whether 6months of wearing minimalist footwear causes changes in anthropometric parameters of the foot and the biomechanical parameters of the foot and lower limb.

Conditions

  • Footwear

Interventions

OTHER

minimalist footwear

The intervention consists of wearing the minimalist footwear in recommended progression during the interventional period (6months). The intial load starts at 2,500 steps a day and will be gradually increased up according to the participant´s tolerance rate to the footwear wearing to fully use over the final period. Participants are instructed to report all issues and difficulties possibly connected to the intervention. There will be the opportunity to consult any issue connected with footwear or their wearing through the duration of the research.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Palacky University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Lenka Murinova · Faculty of Physical Culture, Palacky University Olomouc

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-07-05
Primary Completion
2022-12-05
Completion
2022-12-05

Countries

  • Czechia

Study Locations

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