SPARTAN: Alterations in Gait, Strength, and Power After Ruck Marching

Sponsor

State University of New York at Buffalo (Other)

Overall Status

Recruiting

CT.gov ID

NCT05309603

Collaborator

(none)

Enrollment

Location

Arms

8.4

Anticipated Duration (Months)

2.4

Patients Per Site Per Month

Study Details

Study Description

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

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Exercise Fatigue	Other: Loaded Walking High Other: Loaded Walking Mid Other: Walking	N/A

Study Design

Study Type:

Interventional

Anticipated Enrollment :

20 participants

Allocation:

Randomized

Intervention Model:

Crossover Assignment

Masking:

None (Open Label)

Primary Purpose:

Other

Official Title:

Alterations in Gait, Strength, and Power After Ruck Marching

Actual Study Start Date :

Mar 21, 2022

Anticipated Primary Completion Date :

Dec 1, 2022

Anticipated Study Completion Date :

Dec 1, 2022

Arms and Interventions

Arm	Intervention/Treatment
Active Comparator: Unloaded Walking Walking on a treadmill without wearing a pack	Other: Walking Walking three miles on a treadmill at a self-selected speed
Experimental: Loaded Walking High Walking on a treadmill while wearing a 30% body mass load with the weight placed at the high-back	Other: 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
Experimental: Loaded Walking Mid Walking on a treadmill while wearing a 30% body mass load with the weight placed at the mid-back	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

Arm

Intervention/Treatment

Active Comparator: Unloaded Walking

Walking on a treadmill without wearing a pack

Other: Walking

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

Experimental: Loaded Walking High

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

Other: 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

Experimental: Loaded Walking Mid

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

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

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

Change in Oxygen Consumption [Upon completion of 3 miles of walking, an average of 45 minutes]
Oxygen consumption will be measured using indirect calorimetry
Increased muscular jerk [Upon completion of 3 miles of walking, an average of 45 minutes]
Jerk will be measured using accelerometers placed at the torso and ankle

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study:

18 Years to 39 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study:

All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers:

Yes

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.

Contacts and Locations

Locations

	Site	City	State	Country	Postal Code
1	University at Buffalo	Buffalo	New York	United States	14214

Sponsors and Collaborators

State University of New York at Buffalo

Investigators

Principal Investigator: Riana Pryor, PhD, University at Buffalo

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

None provided.

Responsible Party:

Riana Pryor, Assistant Professor, State University of New York at Buffalo

ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:

NCT05309603

Other Study ID Numbers:

STUDY00006175

First Posted:

Apr 4, 2022

Last Update Posted:

Apr 4, 2022

Last Verified:

Apr 1, 2022

Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement:

Plan to Share IPD:

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product:

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product:

Additional relevant MeSH terms:

Fatigue

Study Results

No Results Posted as of Apr 4, 2022