Step Rate in Recreational Runners

NCT03057522 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 16-008532
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 38
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This will be a pilot study to determine if a 6 week home training program can increase preferred step rate (cadence) in recreational runners. Increase in step rate has been correlated with decreased stress at lower limb joints in runners. This has the potential of decreasing overuse injuries in this population. Research participants will have their preferred cadence evaluated at the beginning of the study. The athletes will be randomly assigned to two groups. One group will continue to train without intervention and the other group will train at a cadence of 10% higher than their preferred step rate. At the end of 6 weeks the participants will have their preferred cadence reevaluated using the same method as pre-participation cadence was determined. The investigators hypothesis the preferred running cadence of recreational runners following the intervention will be 5-10% greater than prior to the intervention and the increased cadence will be maintained for 6 months following the intervention.

Conditions

Gait Disorder, Sensorimotor

Keywords

Run; Cadence; Home exercise

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Running cadence

  Running cadence (steps per minute) will be evaluated using a running cadence sensor to determine if the intervention subjects increased their running cadence by 10 steps per minute following the intervention.

  6 weeks

• Running cadence

  Running cadence (steps per minute) will be evaluated using a running cadence sensor to determine if the intervention subjects maintained their increased running cadence for 6 months following the intervention.

  6 months

Study Arms (2)

Intervention Group

EXPERIMENTAL

This group will undergo home exercise program designed to increase their running cadence.

Behavioral: Change in running cadence

Control Group

NO INTERVENTION

This group will not receive any intervention.

Interventions

Change in running cadence BEHAVIORAL

The intervention will involve a home exercise program designed to increase the running cadence in recreational runners.

Intervention Group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• healthy male or female runners
• years of age or greater
• run two or more times per week most weeks of the year for at least 4 years
• cadence of 85 strides/min or less as determined at initial evaluation
• no musculoskeletal injuries or illnesses that would limit running in the last 6 months
• currently running at least 15 miles a week

You may not qualify if:

• baseline running cadence greater than 85 strides/min
• inability to run
• cardiovascular disease
• greater than 2 cardiovascular risk factors
• peripheral vascular disease
• neurological disease
• musculoskeletal injury or disease that causes pain with running

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Mayo Clinic: lead

Study Sites (1)

Mayo Clinic in Rochester

Rochester, Minnesota, 55905, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Gait Disorders, Neurologic

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Neurologic Manifestations; Nervous System Diseases; Signs and Symptoms; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Study Officials

• Jonathan T Finnoff

  Mayo Clinic

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: OTHER
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Model Details: Prospective, randomized, controlled study evaluating whether a home exercise program can increase the running cadence of recreational runners.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: February 14, 2017
• First Posted: February 20, 2017
• Study Start: February 1, 2017
• Primary Completion: June 1, 2018
• Study Completion: June 1, 2018
• Last Updated: November 14, 2018

Record last verified: 2018-11

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (1)