Adequate Sock to Avoid Hiking Injuries

University of Extremadura

Status: Completed

Conditions: Skin Lesion

Treatments: Device: Technical sock

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03914274

AMPPico

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Full 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.

Enrollment: 109 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• The admission criteria were: be of legal age, have no current health problems that would hinder or prevent participation in the hike, and carry a backpack weighing less than 3 kg. Participants were asked to use specific hiking footwear (light, flexible, soft-soled, with good grip and breathable material) (low top hiking shoes), based on earlier studies 38-40. They were also asked to do the entire hike following the instructions of an experienced guide and to not remove their footwear or socks before examination by a podiatrist.

Exclusion criteria

• Not meet any inclusion criteria.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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109 participants in 6 patient groups

Thermometer "FTN" "Medisana", precision 0.18º C),

No Intervention group

Description:

Temperatures were taken with an infrared thermometer "FTN" "Medisana", precision 0.18º C. The temperature will be taken into account to see if it will vary according to the socket used as the temperature is a favoring element of dermic injuries on the feet.

Non-elastic tape measure

No Intervention group

Description:

Perimeter was measured with a flexible, non-elastic tape measure "Lawton 18-0160", precision 1 mm. The measurement of the feet perimeters will be taken into account to see if it will vary according to the socket used and related to injuries in the feet.

Bascule

No Intervention group

Description:

Weight was measured using scales ("Tanita" UM-076, precision 0.1kg). The scale is used to control the weight of the participants in order to find out their body mass index since the weight can influence the appearance of lesions on the feet.

Altimeter

No Intervention group

Description:

Height was measured using the weight rod of different scales "SECA 704", precision 1 mm) The altimeter is used to measure the participants in order to find out their body mass index.

Socks

Experimental group

Description:

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". Different socks were given to the participants to see if the different compositions influenced the appearance of injuries in a short route route and little difficulty

Treatment:

Device: Technical sock

Geographical Position System Garmin "ETREX" 20

No Intervention group

Description:

The height range and the pace hikers were controlled with a Garmin "ETREX" 20X Geographical Position System