NCT02810002

Assessing Foot Injuries in Infantry Recruits Wearing Different Boots

Assessing Foot Injuries in Infantry Recruits Wearing Different Boots, a Prospective Randomized Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 1 / Phase 2
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 98 (actual)
• Sponsor: Medical Corps, Israel Defense Force · Academic / Other
• Sex: Male
• Age: 18 Years – 25 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

One hundred infantry recruits will be randomly assigned to two groups. Injuries will be monitored.

Detailed description

One hundred infantry recruits will be randomly assigned to receive experimental infantry boots (DEFINITE-REGULATOR) or standard issued boots (modified Belleville 390 TROP). Overuse injuries and foot injuries will be monitored over a period of 14 weeks. The intervention group will wear experimental infantry boots and the controls will wear standard issue boots.

Conditions

• Blister
• Abrasion
• Stress Fracture
• Ankle Sprain
• Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome
• Back Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Experimental infantry boot - DEFINITE-REGULATOR	Training: infantry basic training in the experimental boots
DEVICE	Control infantry boot	Training: infantry basic training in the control boots

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-08-01
• Primary completion: 2015-02-01
• Completion: 2015-02-01
• First posted: 2016-06-22
• Last updated: 2016-06-22