Advanced Footwear Technology in Federated Athletes

NCT06919107 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: ATL-foot
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 134
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Background. Athletics is one of the sports modalities with the greatest growth in the number of federative licenses in our country. In the last five years, the use of footwear with Advanced Footwear Technology (AFT) has become widespread in order to increase athletic performance. Objective. To analyze the risk of injury in athletes using Advanced Footwear Technology as well as the sporting, sociodemographic and anthropometric variables that influence this risk. Method. Ambispective cohort study. Ninety-five athletes competing in events longer than 800 meters will be recruited. The primary variable will be the number of injuries, muscular and tendon, of lower limbs in the last 3 athletic seasons. Secondary and modifying variables will be: age, sex, weekly training load with and without AFT, weekly training frequency, completion of a complementary toning program and foot size. Potential confounding variables will be body mass index, main training surface and commercial footwear models used. The analysis will calculate the risk of injury in these athletes and assess the influence of confounders and trend analysis on the primary variable, stratified by potential confounders. Expected results. To calculate the risk of injury as a function of sport, sociodemographic and anthropometric variables. Identify

Conditions

Athlete Foot

Keywords

Disease; Athletics; Advanced Footwear Technology; Risk; Secondary Prevention; Physiotherapy

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Assessment of the number of muscle and tendon injuries recorded by athletes in the lower limbs

  Number of lower limb muscle and tendon injuries during the last 3 athletic seasons

  Screening visit

Secondary Outcomes (6)

• Assessment of age

  Screening visit

• Assessment of gender

  Screening visit

• Assessment of the weekly training load, using AFT or not

  Screening visit

• Assessment of weekly training frequency

  Screening visit

• Assessment of the implementation of a complementary strengthening program

  Screening visit

Other Outcomes (5)

• Assessment of body mass index

  Screening visit

• Assessment of the main training surface

  Screening visit

• Assessment of commercial footwear models used by athletes

  Screening visit

Study Arms (1)

Athletes using advanced footwear technology

Athletes competing in events longer than 800 meters, federated in the Athletics Federation of the Principality of Asturias and using shoes with Advanced Footwear Technology. Data will be collected on the number of injuries (muscle and tendon), lower limb injuries in the last 3 athletic seasons, as well as age, sex, weekly training load with and without AFT, weekly training frequency, completion of a complementary toning program and foot size

Other: Survey of athletes

Interventions

Survey of athletes OTHER

Data will be collected on the number of injuries (muscle and tendon), lower limb injuries in the last 3 athletic seasons, as well as age, sex, weekly training load with and without AFT, weekly training frequency, completion of a complementary toning program and foot size.

Athletes using advanced footwear technology

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 30 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Federated athletes competing in events over 800 meters in the Principality of Asturias.

You may qualify if:

• Athletes competing in events longer than 800 meters; iii) athletes who have not undergone previous musculoskeletal surgery in the seasons under study.
• Federated in the Federación de Atletismo del Principado de Asturias (Asturias Athletics Federation).
• Athletes who have not undergone previous musculoskeletal surgery in the seasons under study.
• Who were federated at least one year before the study period.

You may not qualify if:

• Athletes who do not use AFT devices.
• Athletes with a muscle or tendon injury at the time of the study.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Oviedo: lead

Study Sites (1)

University of Oviedo

Oviedo, Principality of Asturias, 33006, Spain

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Tinea Pedis; Disease

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Tinea; Dermatomycoses; Mycoses; Bacterial Infections and Mycoses; Infections; Skin Diseases, Infectious; Foot Dermatoses; Foot Diseases; Skin Diseases; Skin and Connective Tissue Diseases; Pruritus; Skin Manifestations; Signs and Symptoms; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms; Pathologic Processes

Study Officials

• Rubén Cuesta-Barriuso, PhD

  Universidad de Oviedo

  STUDY DIRECTOR

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: COHORT
• Time Perspective: OTHER
• Target Duration: 1 Day
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Principal Investigator

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: March 25, 2025
• First Posted: April 9, 2025
• Study Start: March 31, 2025
• Primary Completion: April 30, 2025
• Study Completion: May 15, 2025
• Last Updated: May 1, 2026

Record last verified: 2025-03

Locations

ES (1)