The Effect of Wearing the 'Nike Free'Shoe on Isokinetic Muscle Strength of Foot and Ankle and on Proprioception.

University Ghent

Status

Completed

Conditions

Healthy

Treatments

Device: Wearing the "Nike Free" shoe

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Industry

Identifiers

NCT00389662

2006/345

Details and patient eligibility

About

To evaluate the effect of wearing the 'Nike Free'Shoe on isokinetic muscle strength of foot and ankle and on proprioception the following protocol will be used.

The test population consists out of students of the physical education department. They will at random be divided in three groups. One group will wear the shoe only for daily activities, the second group will wear the shoes for the warming up part of the sport classes and the control group will not wear the shoe at all. There will be two moments for evaluation: one at the beginning of the study and one after four months, during which the shoe will be used. The isokinetic strength will be measured with an isokinetic device (Biodex) and the proprioception will be evaluated with a force platform (Neurocom Balance Master).

Enrollment

45 estimated patients

Sex

All

Ages

18 to 30 years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

being a physical education student of the second or third year
having read and signed the informed consent
being new to the Nike Free Shoe

Exclusion criteria

neurological or systemic diseases
overuse injuries or orthopaedic surgery to the lower limbs during the previous six months
familiar to or used to wear the Nike Free Shoe