Step Rate in Recreational Runners

• Sponsor: Mayo Clinic (Other)
• Overall Status: Completed
• CT.gov ID: NCT03057522
• Collaborator: (none)
• Enrollment: 38
• Location: 1
• Arms: 2
• Actual Duration (Months): 15.9
• Patients Per Site Per Month: 2.4

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

This will be a pilot study to determine if a 6 week home training program can increase preferred step rate (cadence) in recreational runners. Increase in step rate has been correlated with decreased stress at lower limb joints in runners. This has the potential of decreasing overuse injuries in this population.

Research participants will have their preferred cadence evaluated at the beginning of the study. The athletes will be randomly assigned to two groups. One group will continue to train without intervention and the other group will train at a cadence of 10% higher than their preferred step rate.

At the end of 6 weeks the participants will have their preferred cadence reevaluated using the same method as pre-participation cadence was determined.

The investigators hypothesis the preferred running cadence of recreational runners following the intervention will be 5-10% greater than prior to the intervention and the increased cadence will be maintained for 6 months following the intervention.

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Gait Disorder, Sensorimotor	Behavioral: Change in running cadence	N/A

Study Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Actual Enrollment: 38 participants
• Allocation: Randomized
• Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
• Intervention Model Description: Prospective, randomized, controlled study evaluating whether a home exercise program can increase the running cadence of recreational runners.Prospective, randomized, controlled study evaluating whether a home exercise program can increase the running cadence of recreational runners.
• Masking: Single (Outcomes Assessor)
• Primary Purpose: Other
• Official Title: The Effect of a Home Training Program on Preferred Step Rate in Recreational Runners
• Actual Study Start Date: Feb 1, 2017
• Actual Primary Completion Date: Jun 1, 2018
• Actual Study Completion Date: Jun 1, 2018

Arms and Interventions

Arm	Intervention/Treatment
Experimental: Intervention Group This group will undergo home exercise program designed to increase their running cadence.	Behavioral: Change in running cadence; The intervention will involve a home exercise program designed to increase the running cadence in recreational runners.
No Intervention: Control Group This group will not receive any intervention.

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

1. Running cadence [6 weeks]

   Running cadence (steps per minute) will be evaluated using a running cadence sensor to determine if the intervention subjects increased their running cadence by 10 steps per minute following the intervention.

2. Running cadence [6 months]

   Running cadence (steps per minute) will be evaluated using a running cadence sensor to determine if the intervention subjects maintained their increased running cadence for 6 months following the intervention.

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 Years and Older
• Sexes Eligible for Study: All
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Inclusion criteria:

• healthy male or female runners

• 18 years of age or greater

• run two or more times per week most weeks of the year for at least 4 years

• cadence of 85 strides/min or less as determined at initial evaluation

• no musculoskeletal injuries or illnesses that would limit running in the last 6 months

• currently running at least 15 miles a week

Exclusion criteria:

• baseline running cadence greater than 85 strides/min

• inability to run

• cardiovascular disease

• greater than 2 cardiovascular risk factors

• peripheral vascular disease

• neurological disease

• musculoskeletal injury or disease that causes pain with running

Contacts and Locations

Locations

	Site	City	State	Country	Postal Code
1	Mayo Clinic in Rochester	Rochester	Minnesota	United States	55905

Sponsors and Collaborators

• Mayo Clinic

Investigators

• Principal Investigator: Jonathan T Finnoff, Mayo Clinic

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

None provided.

• Responsible Party: Jonathan T. Finnoff, Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Mayo Clinic
• ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03057522
• Other Study ID Numbers: 16-008532
• First Posted: Feb 20, 2017
• Last Update Posted: Nov 14, 2018
• Last Verified: Nov 1, 2018

• Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement: No
• Plan to Share IPD: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: No
• Keywords provided by Jonathan T. Finnoff, Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Mayo Clinic: Run; Cadence; Home exercise
• Additional relevant MeSH terms: Gait Disorders, Neurologic

Study Results

No Results Posted as of Nov 14, 2018