Efficacy of a Foot Strengthening Protocol on Sport Performance Kinetics (NCT05574322) | Clinical Trial Compass
TerminatedNot Applicable
Efficacy of a Foot Strengthening Protocol on Sport Performance Kinetics
Stopped: inclusion rate too low
France30 participantsStarted 2023-02-03
Plain-language summary
This randomized controlled trial aims to explore the effect of a foot strengthening protocol on toe flexion strength, foot deformation and morphology as well as kinetics during sprinting, cutting and jumping in healthy athletes (18-40 completed years). The study consists of a 4 weeks control period, followed by 8 weeks intervention period and 4 weeks follow up
Who can participate
Age range18 Years – 40 Years
SexALL
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Inclusion criteria :
* To be affiliated in the federation of one of the following sports : soccer, handball, rugby, basketball or track and field;
* To practice their respective sport more than two times per week;
* Be affiliated or beneficiary of a social security insurance;
* Having freely given their written consent after having been informed of the purpose, the procedure and the potential risks involved.
* Licensed in a tennis club (FFT) and in a volleyball club (FFVolley)
Exclusion criteria :
* Use of pharmacological therapy to match gander identity;
* Have an abnormal range of motion of the toes and/or ankle;
* Have any kind of ankle or foot pain (self-defined and self-reported by the FAAM questionnaire) in the previous 6 months;
* Have a previous injury or surgery of the lower limb in the previous 6 months;
* Have a neurological or vestibular deficit that may affect walking or balance (lumbar-sacral radiculopathy, peripheral nerve pathology, Marfan or Eehlers-Danlos syndrome, etc.);
* Have contraindication to neuromuscular electrical stimulation (pacemaker, seizure disorders, pregnancy);
* Have a previous foot strengthening experience in the past 6 months for at least 2 weeks and more than one session per week;
* Participate at the same time in another medical interventional experiment or have participated in such a study in the 30 days preceding this study;
* Being unable to understand the purpose and conditions of the study, and to give consent;
* Being deprived o…
What they're measuring
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maximal isometric joint flexion muscle strength MTP (in N)
Timeframe: Change from baseline to Week 18
Trial details
NCT IDNCT05574322
SponsorCentre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint Etienne