NCT02856360

Changes in Footwear Comfort and Performance in High School Football Players

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 150 (actual)
• Sponsor: High Point University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 12 Years – 19 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The objective of this proposal is to determine the effects of footwear stiffness on a large cohort of high school football players during a football season. The investigators expect that functional athlete groups will be developed, based on subject specific assessments (biomechanical, morphological, performance, comfort), and lead to important translational findings that may impact footwear modification and recommendation to a population of American football players. Two standard cleats will be randomized and provided during a season of high school football. Ratings of comfort, performance, and injury will be collected throughout the season.

Conditions

• Foot
• Footwear

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Moderate Stiffness Footwear	Standard moderately stiff footwear for typical high school football players will be randomly allocated to each group
OTHER	High Stiffness Footwear	Standard highly stiff footwear for typical high school football players will be randomly allocated to each group

Timeline

• Start date: 2016-07-01
• Primary completion: 2018-09-01
• Completion: 2018-11-01
• First posted: 2016-08-04
• Last updated: 2020-02-26

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States