Effects of Footstrike Transition on Tibial Stress Fracture Risk

University of Central Lancashire

Status: Completed

Conditions: Tibial Stress Fracture

Treatments: Behavioral: Control; Behavioral: Footstrike modification

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05786079

Footstrike tibial stress

Details and patient eligibility

About

Biomechanical literature suggests that runners who utilize a mid or forefoot strike pattern may suffer from a reduced incidence of chronic injuries compared to a rearfoot strike. This investigation examined the effects of a 10-week footstrike transition intervention on tibial stress fracture risk in runners.

Enrollment: 20 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 45 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Recreational runner
• 3-years minimum of running experience
• Injury free for 12-months

Exclusion criteria

• Injury at baseline

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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20 participants in 2 patient groups

Footstrike modification

Experimental group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Footstrike modification

Control

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Control