Children´s Foot and Footwear Temperatures

NCT ID: NCT03989583

Last Updated: 2019-06-19

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

162 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2017-03-30

Study Completion Date

2017-05-23

Brief Summary

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This research aims to find thermal differences in foot in a group of children, detecting the most suitable footwear to acquire optimal foot temperature and taking into account that children in school age usually wear sports shoes instead of school shoes in most dimensions of daily life. It is assumed by general population that sports shoes increase sweating and provide less perspiration apart from biomechanical criteria, so for this reason the investigators are going to examine which thermal pattern offers each variety of footwear.

Detailed Description

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Infrared thermal image allows detecting object´s temperature visually in a non-contact way. That makes the technique useful for different applications like in construction/ building, ecology, industry and medicine. Evolution of thermographic equipments makes it more accessible. It is a non- contact, non- invasive technique that helps researchers monitoring body temperature. So that, it is used to investigate ocular, liver, kidney and brain diseases, dental diagnosis, breast cancer detection or even sports injuries.

It is increasing the use of thermographic imaging in podiatry, so the main trials concerned to diabetes mellitus, vascular disorder or dermatological applications.

Nevertheless, there is little known about children´s foot temperature. Main studies are related to core temperature or variations in temperature among different parts of the body of enfants.

In consequence, the investigators found a lack of information related to such a significant topic, not only for podiatrists, but also for population in general.

Conditions

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Thermography

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

CASE_ONLY

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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Children's feet temperature

The thermal images were taken from 162 children who were 9- 10 years old in two schools in Mérida (Badajoz), Spain. Their parents or legal guardians were informed and signed an informed consent. All children were taken infrared images, so that skin temperature was evaluated, by dividing the thermograms in regions of interest in dorsal and plantar images of each foot. Shoes were divided into two regions of interest. The measures were taken in two different days: the first day, children wore school footwear and the second sports shoes.

Infrared thermography

Intervention Type OTHER

Temperature observation in foot and footwear in healthy children

Interventions

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Infrared thermography

Temperature observation in foot and footwear in healthy children

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Healthy 9- 10 years old children

Exclusion Criteria

* Vascular disease or another pathology that could interfere with thermal pattern of foot
* Wore sports shoes daily
* Used any kind of plantar orthoses, heels…
* Didn´t have correctly singed informed consent
* Wore sandals
* Had a bandaged feet
Minimum Eligible Age

9 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

10 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Marina Fontán- Jiménez

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Marina Fontán- Jiménez

Principal Investigator

Responsibility Role SPONSOR_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Julián F García

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Universidad de Extremadura

Locations

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Universidad de Extremadura

Plasencia, Cáceres, Spain

Site Status

Countries

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Spain

References

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Reference Type BACKGROUND

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Nagase T, Sanada H, Takehara K, Oe M, Iizaka S, Ohashi Y, Oba M, Kadowaki T, Nakagami G. Variations of plantar thermographic patterns in normal controls and non-ulcer diabetic patients: novel classification using angiosome concept. J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg. 2011 Jul;64(7):860-6. doi: 10.1016/j.bjps.2010.12.003. Epub 2011 Jan 22.

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Ring EFJ, Jung A, Zuber J, Rutowski P, Kalicki B, Bajwa U. Detecting fever in polish children by infrared thermography. En: 9th International conference of quantitative infrared thermography. Poland, 2008.

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Kolosovas-Machuca ES, Gonzalez FJ. Distribution of skin temperature in Mexican children. Skin Res Technol. 2011 Aug;17(3):326-31. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0846.2011.00501.x. Epub 2011 Feb 22.

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Reference Type BACKGROUND

Other Identifiers

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UExtremadura

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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