Evaluating the Foot Touch Framework Model

Orthocare Innovations

Status: Completed

Conditions: Barefoot Running

Treatments: Other: Four speeds; Other: Foot Strike Pattern

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Industry; Other

Identifiers

NCT04699019

20190314

Details and patient eligibility

About

A Foot Touch framework model has been developed to express the ground reaction force waveforms observed for walking and running. The purpose of this research is to collect ground reaction force data during walking and running that can be used to evaluate and verify the Foot Touch framework.

Enrollment: 10 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 60 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Healthy adult men and women
• Capable of independently walking and running at various speeds for a minimum of 30 minutes
• No history of significant injuries in the past six months
• Ability to walk and run without shoes/footwear
• Ability to perform one- and two-footed hops up and down from 5 cm and 10 cm heights
• Ability to provide informed consent

Exclusion criteria

• Confounding chronic injury or musculoskeletal problem
• Pregnancy
• Symptomatic cardiovascular disease or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
• Not able to read and understand English

Trial design

10 participants in 1 patient group

Active Runners

Description:

All participants will be required to run unshod for a combination of four prescribed speeds (walking and up to 9 mph) and three different foot strike patterns (rearfoot, midfoot, and forefoot) on level ground.

Treatment:

Other: Foot Strike Pattern

Other: Four speeds