Healthy participants
Conditions
Interventions
Group 1: Strengthening exercises of the intrinsic foot muscles: daily 2x6 min/ 4 weeks
Group 2: minimalist shoe walking: up to a max of 5000steps/day for 4 weeks
Sponsors
Professur für Konservative und Rehabilitative Orthopädie, Technische Universität München
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 40 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Healthy participants (m/w/d), recreationally active, which is defined as “participating in at least 20-60 minutes of moderate to vigorous intensity physical activity 3-5days/week” and walking at least around 5000-10000 steps a day.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Regular barefoot runners/walkers, experienced with intrinsic foot muscles exercises, professional athletes, pregnancy, diseases: diabetes mellitus/CRPS; childhood foot deformities; diagnosed flatfoot; pain in elbow, shoulders or foot; musculoskeletal injury or in the lower extremity in the last 12 months (incl. foot); history of surgery in the lower limb and foot; self-reported disability due to neurological/musculoskeletal impairment in the lower extremity, that makes participants unable to plantar-flex the toes e.g. or would affect motor function in general; osteoarthritis affecting the foot; plantar fasciitis; shin splits; any history of ankle or foot sprain, fracture in the leg or foot; neurological or vestibular impairment that affected balance; lumbosacral radiculopathy; soft tissue disorder such as Marfan or Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, vascular disorders that affect blood circulation in the lower extremity, skin disease in the foot area
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Toe and foot strength(RS Scan Pressure platform), Performance dorsal chain(Bunkie Test, Standing isometric posterior chain test), Strength hamstrings(Isokinetic measurement) | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Foot posture (foot posture index (FPI-6); transversal arch/medial longitudinal arch and total foot length (RS Scan)), range of motion ankle and toe (knee to wall and goniometer), range of motion dorsal chain (modified backsaver sit-and-reach test), indirect foot strength (modified star excursion balance test, centre of pressure, arch rigidiy index) | — |
Countries
Germany
Contacts
Public ContactAnna Gabriel
Technische Universität München, Professur für Konservative und Rehabilitative Orthopädie
Outcome results
None listed