NCT03914274

Adequate Sock to Avoid Hiking Injuries

Importance of Sock Type in the Development of Foot Lesions on Low-difficulty, Short Hikes

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 109 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Extremadura · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Foot lesions can be developed during hiking because of external factors. This makes it important to study the effect of hiking equipment on lesion development. This study analyzes the extrinsic factors involved in the appearance of injuries at the feet during the realization of a route of low difficulty and short travel. 33 participants wore cotton not technicians socks in his two feet, were used like control socks and 76 participants wore technical socks "Tierra" and "Set" one on each foot.

Detailed description

Socks it used as an indispensable element to protect the foot of injuries during sports practice. The different compositions of socks can influence the appearance of injuries. The technical socks are designed for high-performance sports use ("Lurbel" brand, models "Tierra" and "Set"), and non-technical socks (cotton) for everyday use. The socks had different composition: "Tierra" (50% regenerative, 25% cool-teak, 17% polyamide ions, 8% lycra); "Set" (75% cotton, 17% polyamide, 8% lycra) and cotton (98% cotton, 2% elastane). The technical socks had reinforced weave in the toe, metatarsal and heel areas.

Conditions

• Skin Lesion

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Technical sock	Socks were of two types: technical socks, designed for high performance sports use (Lurbel brand, models Tierra and Set), and non-technical socks for everyday use. The socks had different composition: Tierra (50% regeneractiv, 25% cool-teak, 17% polyamide ions, 8% lycra); Set (75% cotton, 17% polyamide, 8% lycra) and cotton (98% cotton, 2% elastane).

Timeline

• Start date: 2015-10-10
• Primary completion: 2016-05-01
• Completion: 2016-05-28
• First posted: 2019-04-16
• Last updated: 2019-04-16