Healthy adults
Conditions
Interventions
Vib-Off condition. Participants wore the commercial shoes without perceivable plantar vibration and performed treadmill walking for 5 minutes. This condition served as the reference condition. A 2 min
Sponsors
Prefectural University of Hiroshima
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
Female
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Healthy women aged 18 to 30 years who were able to walk independently on a treadmill and provided written informed consent to participate in the study.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Participants with musculoskeletal, neurological, cardiovascular, respiratory, or other medical conditions that could affect treadmill walking or respiratory gas measurements, or those judged by the investigators to be unsuitable for participation, were excluded.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Energy expenditure during treadmill walking. Oxygen uptake and carbon dioxide production were measured using a breath by breath system during each 5 minute walking condition, and energy expenditure was calculated. The primary analysis used the period from 180 to 300 seconds. | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Public ContactRyota Okoba
Prefectural University of Hiroshima Course of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Health and Welfare
Outcome results
None listed