Evaluation of Harmonicity in Running Gait by the Use of Innovative Techniques of Video Analysis

NCT04103437 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: harmrun fdg
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 112
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This study aims to demonstrate the use of a digital video analysis method to evaluate harmonicity of running gait, through an holistic approach. Furthermore, it explores the association of running gait harmonicity with running velocity and level of training and with running injuries risk .

Conditions

Injuries

Keywords

running harmonicity; running related injuries

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Correlation between running related injuries (RRI) and running gait harmonicity

  Verify if RRI risk is correlated with measures of harmonicity derived from Graal software (registered during three six minutes running test at low, self-selected, high speed): • Number of pixel of the nine principal frequencies RRI are registered by follow-up questionnaires each month .

  1year

Secondary Outcomes (3)

• Correlation between running gait harmonicity and spatio-temporal running parameters

  1 year

• Correlation between running gait harmonicity and metabolic parameters

  1 year

• Correlation between running related injuries (RRI) and running gait harmonicity

  1 year

Study Arms (1)

recreational runners

Recreational runners (minimum of 2 running session and 20km of total mileage per week), with seasonal best on half-marathon comprised between 1h20' and 2h00'. Age \> 18 and \< 60 years. Free from musculoskeletal injuries from at least three months.

Diagnostic Test: Maximal incremental running test; Diagnostic Test: Metabolic and movement analysis of running; Other: Questionnaires

Interventions

Maximal incremental running test DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Maximal incremental running test with measures of metabolic, spatio-temporal parameters and video recording with camera in the frontal plane. video recording of frontal view, metabolic and spatio-temporal measures of three (self-selected speed, + and - 20 percentage of self-selected speed) 6 minutes running test monthly (12 months) follow-up questionnaire

recreational runners

Metabolic and movement analysis of running DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Running analysis of three six minutes running test (self-selected speed, + and - 20% of the self-selected speed) by video recording with camera in the frontal plane, and acquisition of the metabolic and spatio-temporal parameters

recreational runners

Questionnaires OTHER

Monthly follow-up questionnaire (12 months) about training habits and injuries

recreational runners

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 60 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)
• Sampling Method: Probability Sample

Study Population

recreational runners

You may qualify if:

• at least one year of running practice
• minimum two day of running/week
• minimum 20 km running/week
• seasonal best on half marathon comprised between 1h20' and 2h00'
• experienced in treadmill running practice
• sport medical certificate

You may not qualify if:

• have suffered in the last three months of musculoskeletal disease
• regular practice of sport activities different from running
• acute or chronic osteoarticular diseases or, in general, other pathology limiting physical activities
• use of drugs altering physical activity performance (hypnotic, psychoactive, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs e.g.).

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi Onlus: lead
• Microgate Srl: collaborator
• Universita di Verona: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

IRCCS Don Carlo Gnocchi

Florence, Tuscany, 50100, Italy

Location

Related Publications (15)

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  PMID: 30558916 BACKGROUND

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  PMID: 25495782 RESULT

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  PMID: 25951917 RESULT

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  PMID: 17473005 RESULT

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  PMID: 16005398 RESULT

• Vannatta CN, Kernozek TW. Patellofemoral joint stress during running with alterations in foot strike pattern. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2015 May;47(5):1001-8. doi: 10.1249/MSS.0000000000000503.

  PMID: 25202853 RESULT

• Teng HL, Powers CM. Sagittal plane trunk posture influences patellofemoral joint stress during running. J Orthop Sports Phys Ther. 2014 Oct;44(10):785-92. doi: 10.2519/jospt.2014.5249. Epub 2014 Aug 25.

  PMID: 25155651 RESULT

• Valenzuela KA, Lynn SK, Mikelson LR, Noffal GJ, Judelson DA. Effect of Acute Alterations in Foot Strike Patterns during Running on Sagittal Plane Lower Limb Kinematics and Kinetics. J Sports Sci Med. 2015 Mar 1;14(1):225-32. eCollection 2015 Mar.

  PMID: 25729311 RESULT

• Hamill J, Palmer C, Van Emmerik RE. Coordinative variability and overuse injury. Sports Med Arthrosc Rehabil Ther Technol. 2012 Nov 27;4(1):45. doi: 10.1186/1758-2555-4-45.

  PMID: 23186012 RESULT

• Kiely J, Collins DJ. Uniqueness of Human Running Coordination: The Integration of Modern and Ancient Evolutionary Innovations. Front Psychol. 2016 Apr 11;7:262. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00262. eCollection 2016.

  PMID: 27148098 RESULT

• Bredeweg SW, Kluitenberg B, Bessem B, Buist I. Differences in kinetic variables between injured and noninjured novice runners: a prospective cohort study. J Sci Med Sport. 2013 May;16(3):205-10. doi: 10.1016/j.jsams.2012.08.002. Epub 2012 Aug 24.

  PMID: 22921763 RESULT

• Iosa M, Bini F, Marinozzi F, Fusco A, Morone G, Koch G, Martino Cinnera A, Bonni S, Paolucci S. Stability and Harmony of Gait in Patients with Subacute Stroke. J Med Biol Eng. 2016;36(5):635-643. doi: 10.1007/s40846-016-0178-0. Epub 2016 Oct 7.

  PMID: 27853414 RESULT

• Bellanca JL, Lowry KA, Vanswearingen JM, Brach JS, Redfern MS. Harmonic ratios: a quantification of step to step symmetry. J Biomech. 2013 Feb 22;46(4):828-31. doi: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2012.12.008. Epub 2013 Jan 12.

  PMID: 23317758 RESULT

• Stefanyshyn DJ, Stergiou P, Lun VM, Meeuwisse WH, Worobets JT. Knee angular impulse as a predictor of patellofemoral pain in runners. Am J Sports Med. 2006 Nov;34(11):1844-51. doi: 10.1177/0363546506288753. Epub 2006 May 30.

  PMID: 16735584 RESULT

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Wounds and Injuries

Interventions

Metabolic Networks and Pathways; Surveys and Questionnaires

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Metabolism; Data Collection; Epidemiologic Methods; Investigative Techniques; Health Care Evaluation Mechanisms; Quality of Health Care; Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation; Public Health; Environment and Public Health

Study Officials

• Guido Pasquini, Bs

  IRCCS Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: COHORT
• Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: November 27, 2018
• First Posted: September 25, 2019
• Study Start: November 3, 2018
• Primary Completion: October 3, 2019
• Study Completion: December 3, 2019
• Last Updated: February 24, 2021

Record last verified: 2018-10

Locations

IT (1)