Changes in Footwear Comfort and Performance in High School Football Players

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT02856360

Enrollment

150

Registered

2016-08-04

Start date

2016-07-31

Completion date

2018-11-01

Last updated

2020-02-26

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Foot, Footwear

Keywords

Football, Cleats, Stiffness

Brief summary

The objective of this proposal is to determine the effects of footwear stiffness on a large cohort of high school football players during a football season. The investigators expect that functional athlete groups will be developed, based on subject specific assessments (biomechanical, morphological, performance, comfort), and lead to important translational findings that may impact footwear modification and recommendation to a population of American football players. Two standard cleats will be randomized and provided during a season of high school football. Ratings of comfort, performance, and injury will be collected throughout the season.

Interventions

OTHERModerate Stiffness Footwear

Standard moderately stiff footwear for typical high school football players will be randomly allocated to each group

OTHERHigh Stiffness Footwear

Standard highly stiff footwear for typical high school football players will be randomly allocated to each group

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

DOUBLE (Subject, Investigator)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

12 Years to 19 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Participate on a club or school sponsored football team

Exclusion criteria

* Current injury that limits sport participation

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Footwear comfort rating using a 100mm visual analog scale	3 months	Validated subjective rating of footwear comfort scale. This will be collected weekly during the football season with the average rating utilized at the end of the season. The unit of measure is a 100mm visual analog scale.

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Injury incidence	3 months	Athletic trainer collected athletic exposures and lower extremity injuries will be collected weekly and combined to determine overall injury rates. The unit of measure is number of injuries per 1000 athletic exposures.

Countries

United States

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026