Adequate Sock to Avoid Hiking Injuries

NCT03914274 | Completed DMC

• 1 other identifier: AMPPico
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 109
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

Foot lesions can be developed during hiking because of external factors. This makes it important to study the effect of hiking equipment on lesion development. This study analyzes the extrinsic factors involved in the appearance of injuries at the feet during the realization of a route of low difficulty and short travel. 33 participants wore cotton not technicians socks in his two feet, were used like control socks and 76 participants wore technical socks "Tierra" and "Set" one on each foot.

Conditions

Skin Lesion

Keywords

Sport Injury; Technical socks; Temperature; Hiking

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• lesions in foot developed during the hike

  All dermal lesions that developed during the walk (both keratopathies with keratinization disorder and dermatopathies without keratinization disorder) Blister, Injury, (Erosion \& chafing), Reddened skin, Urticaria, Crevice, Heloma, all the muscle injuries that developed during the walk (Pain, Inflammation, Muscle discomfort or Sprain) and all the lesions in the skin were analyzed. the nails that developed during the walk, both traumatic and non-traumatic (onycopathies) Onychocryptosis, Subungual hematoma.

  The development of the injuries in a single day of sport activity was observed: kilometer 0 of the route, kilometer 14.5 of the route and kilometer 29.6 of the route.

Secondary Outcomes (4)

• Temperature

  The temperature was measured in three occasions in a single day: kilometer 0 of the route, kilometer 14.5 of the route and kilometer 29.6 of the route

• Perimeter

  The perimeter was measured in three occasions in a single day: kilometer 0 of the route, kilometer 14.5 of the route and kilometer 29.6 of the route

• Weight

  The weight was measured in three occasions in a single day: kilometer 0 of the route, kilometer 14.5 of the route and kilometer 29.6 of the route

• Height at the start of the route for calculate "BMI"

  The height onli was measured at the start of the walk in a single day: kilometer 0 of the route

Study Arms (6)

Thermometer "FTN" "Medisana", precision 0.18º C),

NO INTERVENTION

Temperatures were taken with an infrared thermometer "FTN" "Medisana", precision 0.18º C. The temperature will be taken into account to see if it will vary according to the socket used as the temperature is a favoring element of dermic injuries on the feet.

Non-elastic tape measure

NO INTERVENTION

Perimeter was measured with a flexible, non-elastic tape measure "Lawton 18-0160", precision 1 mm. The measurement of the feet perimeters will be taken into account to see if it will vary according to the socket used and related to injuries in the feet.

Bascule

NO INTERVENTION

Weight was measured using scales ("Tanita" UM-076, precision 0.1kg). The scale is used to control the weight of the participants in order to find out their body mass index since the weight can influence the appearance of lesions on the feet.

Altimeter

NO INTERVENTION

Height was measured using the weight rod of different scales "SECA 704", precision 1 mm) The altimeter is used to measure the participants in order to find out their body mass index.

Socks

EXPERIMENTAL

Socks were of two types: technical socks, designed for high performance sports use "Lurbel brand, models Tierra and Set", and non-technical socks for everyday use. The socks had different composition: "Tierra:50% regeneractiv, 25% cool-teak, 17% polyamide ions, 8% lycra"; "Set:75% cotton, 17% polyamide, 8% lycra" and "cotton: 98% cotton, 2% elastane". Different socks were given to the participants to see if the different compositions influenced the appearance of injuries in a short route route and little difficulty

Device: Technical sock

Geographical Position System Garmin "ETREX" 20

NO INTERVENTION

The height range and the pace hikers were controlled with a Garmin "ETREX" 20X Geographical Position System

Interventions

Technical sock DEVICE

Socks were of two types: technical socks, designed for high performance sports use (Lurbel brand, models Tierra and Set), and non-technical socks for everyday use. The socks had different composition: Tierra (50% regeneractiv, 25% cool-teak, 17% polyamide ions, 8% lycra); Set (75% cotton, 17% polyamide, 8% lycra) and cotton (98% cotton, 2% elastane).

Socks

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

• The admission criteria were: be of legal age, have no current health problems that would hinder or prevent participation in the hike, and carry a backpack weighing less than 3 kg. Participants were asked to use specific hiking footwear (light, flexible, soft-soled, with good grip and breathable material) (low top hiking shoes), based on earlier studies 38-40. They were also asked to do the entire hike following the instructions of an experienced guide and to not remove their footwear or socks before examination by a podiatrist.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Extremadura: lead

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Study Officials

• Raquel Mayordomo, Dr

  Universidad de Extremadura

  STUDY DIRECTOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: DOUBLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT, INVESTIGATOR
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: CROSSOVER
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Principal Investigator

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: March 17, 2019
• First Posted: April 16, 2019
• Study Start: October 10, 2015
• Primary Completion: May 1, 2016
• Study Completion: May 28, 2016
• Last Updated: April 16, 2019

Record last verified: 2019-04

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share