Alterations in Gait, Strength, and Power After Ruck Marching

NCT ID: NCT05309603

Last Updated: 2023-08-16

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 26 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2022-03-21
• Study Completion Date: 2023-07-21

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine change in injury risk and performance variables in males and females after walking unloaded and carrying a load with two different distributions (high-pack placement and mid-pack placement) to identify differences in injury risk

Conditions

Exercise; Fatigue

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: CROSSOVER
• Primary Study Purpose: OTHER
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

Unloaded Walking

Walking on a treadmill without wearing a pack

Group Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Walking

Intervention Type: OTHER

Walking three miles on a treadmill at a self-selected speed

Loaded Walking High

Walking on a treadmill while wearing a 30% body mass load with the weight placed at the high-back

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Loaded Walking High

Intervention Type: OTHER

Walking three miles on a treadmill at a self-selected speed while wearing a backpack with weight carried high on the back

Loaded Walking Mid

Walking on a treadmill while wearing a 30% body mass load with the weight placed at the mid-back

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Loaded Walking Mid

Intervention Type: OTHER

Walking three miles on a treadmill at a self-selected speed while wearing a backpack with weight carried on the mid-back

Interventions

Loaded Walking High

Walking three miles on a treadmill at a self-selected speed while wearing a backpack with weight carried high on the back

Intervention Type: OTHER

Loaded Walking Mid

Walking three miles on a treadmill at a self-selected speed while wearing a backpack with weight carried on the mid-back

Intervention Type: OTHER

Walking

Walking three miles on a treadmill at a self-selected speed

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Healthy, physically active individuals
• 18-39 years old

Exclusion Criteria

• History of musculoskeletal injury within the last six months or still under a physicians care for an injury occurring more than six month prior
• History of spinal disc injury
• History of cardiovascular, metabolic, respiratory, neural, or renal disease
• No previous history or education of completing resistance exercise
• Hypertensive or tachycardic during the screening visit (SBP > 139 mmHg, DBP > 89 mmHg, heart rate > 100 bpm)
• Taking medication or supplements with a known side effect of affecting physiologic responses to exercise (e.g., beta blockers, omega-3 fatty acids, statins, aspirin)
• Any form of tobacco or nicotine use
• A positive pregnancy test at any point in the study
• Study physician discretion based on any other medical condition or medication
• Gastrointestinal disease or previous surgery prohibiting internal body temperature pill use. Subjects who have any contraindication to internal body temperature pill ingestion will be given the option to insert the pill rectally (as a suppository) or use a rectal probe.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 39 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

State University of New York at Buffalo

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Riana Pryor

Assistant Professor

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Riana Pryor, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University at Buffalo

Locations

University at Buffalo

Buffalo, New York, United States

Countries

United States

Other Identifiers

STUDY00006175

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id