Clinical Trial: Assessing Foot Injuries in Infantry Recruits Wearing Different Boots
Study Status: Completed
Recruit Status: Completed
Study Type: Interventional
Official Title: Assessing Foot Injuries in Infantry Recruits Wearing Different Boots, a Prospective Randomized Study
Brief Summary: One hundred infantry recruits will be randomly assigned to two groups. Injuries will be monitored.
Detailed Summary:
One hundred infantry recruits will be randomly assigned to receive experimental infantry boots (DEFINITE-REGULATOR) or standard issued boots (modified Belleville 390 TROP).
Overuse injuries and foot injuries will be monitored over a period of 14 weeks. The intervention group will wear experimental infantry boots and the controls will wear standard issue boots.
Sponsor: Medical Corps, Israel Defense Force
Current Primary Outcome: Number of recruits with at least one injury related to the boots [ Time Frame: 14 weeks ]
Original Primary Outcome: Same as current
Current Secondary Outcome:
Original Secondary Outcome:
Information By: Medical Corps, Israel Defense Force
Dates:
Date Received: June 16, 2016
Date Started: August 2014
Date Completion:
Last Updated: June 19, 2016
Last Verified: May 2016