Alterations in Gait, Strength, and Power After Ruck Marching (SPARTAN)

University at Buffalo (UB)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Fatigue; Exercise

Treatments: Other: Loaded Walking High; Other: Walking; Other: Loaded Walking Mid

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05309603

STUDY00006175

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine change in injury risk and performance variables in males and females after walking unloaded and carrying a load with two different distributions (high-pack placement and mid-pack placement) to identify differences in injury risk

Enrollment: 26 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 39 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Healthy, physically active individuals
• 18-39 years old

Exclusion criteria

• History of musculoskeletal injury within the last six months or still under a physicians care for an injury occurring more than six month prior
• History of spinal disc injury
• History of cardiovascular, metabolic, respiratory, neural, or renal disease
• No previous history or education of completing resistance exercise
• Hypertensive or tachycardic during the screening visit (SBP > 139 mmHg, DBP > 89 mmHg, heart rate > 100 bpm)
• Taking medication or supplements with a known side effect of affecting physiologic responses to exercise (e.g., beta blockers, omega-3 fatty acids, statins, aspirin)
• Any form of tobacco or nicotine use
• A positive pregnancy test at any point in the study
• Study physician discretion based on any other medical condition or medication
• Gastrointestinal disease or previous surgery prohibiting internal body temperature pill use. Subjects who have any contraindication to internal body temperature pill ingestion will be given the option to insert the pill rectally (as a suppository) or use a rectal probe.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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26 participants in 3 patient groups

Unloaded Walking

Active Comparator group

Description:

Walking on a treadmill without wearing a pack

Treatment:

Other: Walking

Loaded Walking High

Experimental group

Description:

Walking on a treadmill while wearing a 30% body mass load with the weight placed at the high-back

Treatment:

Other: Loaded Walking High

Loaded Walking Mid

Experimental group

Description:

Walking on a treadmill while wearing a 30% body mass load with the weight placed at the mid-back

Treatment:

Other: Loaded Walking Mid