Children´s Foot and Footwear Temperatures

NCT03989583 | Completed DMC

• 1 other identifier: UExtremadura
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 162
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This research aims to find thermal differences in foot in a group of children, detecting the most suitable footwear to acquire optimal foot temperature and taking into account that children in school age usually wear sports shoes instead of school shoes in most dimensions of daily life. It is assumed by general population that sports shoes increase sweating and provide less perspiration apart from biomechanical criteria, so for this reason the investigators are going to examine which thermal pattern offers each variety of footwear.

Conditions

Thermography

Keywords

Thermography; Children; Foot; Shoes

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Infrared temperature

  Foot and footwear temperature in children

  march, 30- may, 23 2017

Study Arms (1)

Children's feet temperature

The thermal images were taken from 162 children who were 9- 10 years old in two schools in Mérida (Badajoz), Spain. Their parents or legal guardians were informed and signed an informed consent. All children were taken infrared images, so that skin temperature was evaluated, by dividing the thermograms in regions of interest in dorsal and plantar images of each foot. Shoes were divided into two regions of interest. The measures were taken in two different days: the first day, children wore school footwear and the second sports shoes.

Other: Infrared thermography

Interventions

Infrared thermography OTHER

Temperature observation in foot and footwear in healthy children

Children's feet temperature

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 9 Years - 10 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

The thermal images were taken from 162 children who were 9- 10 years old in two schools in Mérida (Badajoz), Spain. Their parents or legal guardians were informed and signed an informed consent. All children were taken infrared images, so that skin temperature was evaluated, by dividing the thermograms in regions of interest in dorsal and plantar images of each foot. Shoes were divided into two regions of interest. The measures were taken in two different days: the first day, children wore school footwear and the second sports shoes.

You may qualify if:

• Healthy 9- 10 years old children

You may not qualify if:

• Vascular disease or another pathology that could interfere with thermal pattern of foot
• Wore sports shoes daily
• Used any kind of plantar orthoses, heels…
• Didn´t have correctly singed informed consent
• Wore sandals
• Had a bandaged feet

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Marina Fontán- Jiménez: lead

Study Sites (1)

Universidad de Extremadura

Plasencia, Cáceres, 10600, Spain

Location

Related Publications (13)

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  BACKGROUND

Study Officials

• Julián F García

  Universidad de Extremadura

  STUDY DIRECTOR

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: CASE ONLY
• Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE
• Target Duration: 1 Day
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Principal Investigator

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: June 14, 2019
• First Posted: June 18, 2019
• Study Start: March 30, 2017
• Primary Completion: May 23, 2017
• Study Completion: May 23, 2017
• Last Updated: June 19, 2019

Record last verified: 2019-06

Locations

ES (1)