Male and female athletes and healthy individuals with, or at risk of, reduced bone-related indicators, impaired foot function, reduced toe muscle strength, impaired posture and balance function, or other physical and health-related concerns
Conditions
Interventions
Participants who provide informed consent will be randomly allocated to either the intervention group or the control group. Participants in the intervention group will undergo foot-related, bone-relat
Sponsors
Hiroshima University
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Elementary school to high school-aged individuals. Male or female participants. Individuals who are able to participate in sports activities, physical activities, or assessments of health and physical function. Individuals who are able to participate in the BONE program, foot bone-strengthening program, usual activity, measurements, surveys, or assessments. Individuals who are able to undergo assessments of bone-related indicators, foot function, toe muscle strength, plantar pressure distribution, posture and balance function, physical function, body composition, vascular indicators, health-related indicators, lifestyle factors, or questionnaire-based measures. Individuals from whom consent for study participation can be obtained from both the participant and a parent or guardian.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Individuals judged by the principal investigator or co-investigators to be unsuitable for participation in this study. Individuals who are judged to have difficulty participating in the BONE program, foot bone-strengthening program, exercise, usual activity, measurements, surveys, or assessments for safety reasons. Individuals judged to have difficulty participating in the intervention, measurements, surveys, or assessments due to conditions related to the foot, lower limbs, bones, muscles, joints, nervous system, cardiovascular system, or other health conditions. Individuals from whom consent for study participation cannot be obtained from the participant or a parent or guardian. Individuals otherwise judged to be unsuitable for participation according to the study protocol.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The primary outcomes are changes before and after the BONE program in bone-related indicators, foot function, toe muscle strength, plantar pressure distribution, posture and balance function, and health-related indicators. These may include speed of sound at the calcaneus, bone area ratio, bone mineral density-related indicators, toe muscle strength, foot contact area, plantar pressure distribution in the forefoot and rearfoot, center-of-gravity sway distance, sway area, mean sway velocity, physical function, body composition, vascular indicators, and subjective health status. | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Public ContactShiho Kurosaka
Hiroshima University Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Outcome results
None listed