The Relationship Between Increasing Loading and Kinematic Parameters

Are There Correlations Between Increasing Loading and Kinematic Parameters of Normal People?

The aim of this study is to investigate the influence of increasing loading to kinematic parameters of normal people while walking on the treadmill.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Gait
• Intervention / Treatment: Procedure: Loading level

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 20
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• China
  • Guangdong
    • Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, 510010
      • Hospital of Orthopedics, Guangzhou General Hospital of Guangzhou Military Command

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 20 years to 30 years (Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

1. 20< age < 30.
2. Body mass index < 30.
3. No history of major injury or surgery in lower limbs.
4. No symptoms of lower limbs.
5. Physical examination to test the lower limbs to be normal.
6. The habit of moderate exercise (e.g. Jogging) at least once a week for at least 30 minutes.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Body mass index >30.
2. Injury or surgery in hip/knee/ankle.
3. History trauma in the lower limbs (e.g. fracture).
4. Neuropathic disease.
5. Muscular disease.
6. Lack ability to finish the procedure physically or mentally.
7. Easy to fall.
8. Any other conditions that can influence gait parameters of the lower limbs.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Basic Science
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Factorial Assignment
• Masking: Single

Number of Arms

6

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Weight 0; The participants will not carry any loading to walk on treadmill.	Procedure: Loading level; Once participants are eligible, they will undergo the experimental procedure. Before data collection, they will walk on a treadmill in barefoot for ten minutes to adapt the condition. The gait analysis system will collect the data while they walk on the treadmill in barefoot with selected weight loading suit at 3.0km/h.
Experimental: Weight 10; The participants will wear 10kg loading suit to walk on treadmill.	Procedure: Loading level; Once participants are eligible, they will undergo the experimental procedure. Before data collection, they will walk on a treadmill in barefoot for ten minutes to adapt the condition. The gait analysis system will collect the data while they walk on the treadmill in barefoot with selected weight loading suit at 3.0km/h.
Experimental: Weight 20; The participants will wear 20kg loading suit to walk on treadmill.	Procedure: Loading level; Once participants are eligible, they will undergo the experimental procedure. Before data collection, they will walk on a treadmill in barefoot for ten minutes to adapt the condition. The gait analysis system will collect the data while they walk on the treadmill in barefoot with selected weight loading suit at 3.0km/h.
Experimental: Weight 30; The participants will wear 30kg loading suit to walk on treadmill.	Procedure: Loading level; Once participants are eligible, they will undergo the experimental procedure. Before data collection, they will walk on a treadmill in barefoot for ten minutes to adapt the condition. The gait analysis system will collect the data while they walk on the treadmill in barefoot with selected weight loading suit at 3.0km/h.
Experimental: Weight 40; The participants will wear 40kg loading suit to walk on treadmill.	Procedure: Loading level; Once participants are eligible, they will undergo the experimental procedure. Before data collection, they will walk on a treadmill in barefoot for ten minutes to adapt the condition. The gait analysis system will collect the data while they walk on the treadmill in barefoot with selected weight loading suit at 3.0km/h.
Experimental: Weight 50; The participants will wear 50kg loading suit to walk on treadmill.	Procedure: Loading level; Once participants are eligible, they will undergo the experimental procedure. Before data collection, they will walk on a treadmill in barefoot for ten minutes to adapt the condition. The gait analysis system will collect the data while they walk on the treadmill in barefoot with selected weight loading suit at 3.0km/h.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Knee flexion/extension angle at initial contact during gait.	The gait cycle include seven key events (e.g. initial contact), and each gait has six degrees of freedom, including knee flexion/extension, internal/external rotation, adduction/abduction, anterior/posterior translation, distal/proximal translation, medial/lateral translation. The unit of angle is degree and that of translation is millimetre.	1 Day
Knee internal/external rotation angle at initial contact during gait.	The gait cycle include seven key events (e.g. initial contact), and each gait has six degrees of freedom, including knee flexion/extension, internal/external rotation, adduction/abduction, anterior/posterior translation, distal/proximal translation, medial/lateral translation. The unit of angle is degree and that of translation is millimetre.	1 Day
Knee adduction/abduction angle at initial contact during gait.	The gait cycle include seven key events (e.g. initial contact), and each gait has six degrees of freedom, including knee flexion/extension, internal/external rotation, adduction/abduction, anterior/posterior translation, distal/proximal translation, medial/lateral translation. The unit of angle is degree and that of translation is millimetre.	1 Day
Knee anterior/posterior translation at initial contact during gait.	The gait cycle include seven key events (e.g. initial contact), and each gait has six degrees of freedom, including knee flexion/extension, internal/external rotation, adduction/abduction, anterior/posterior translation, distal/proximal translation, medial/lateral translation. The unit of angle is degree and that of translation is millimetre.	1 Day
Knee medial/lateral translation at initial contact during gait.	The gait cycle include seven key events (e.g. initial contact), and each gait has six degrees of freedom, including knee flexion/extension, internal/external rotation, adduction/abduction, anterior/posterior translation, distal/proximal translation, medial/lateral translation. The unit of angle is degree and that of translation is millimetre.	1 Day
Knee proximal/distal translation at initial contact during gait.	The gait cycle include seven key events (e.g. initial contact), and each gait has six degrees of freedom, including knee flexion/extension, internal/external rotation, adduction/abduction, anterior/posterior translation, distal/proximal translation, medial/lateral translation. The unit of angle is degree and that of translation is millimetre.	1 Day
Knee flexion/extension angle at opposite toe off during gait.	The gait cycle include seven key events (e.g. initial contact), and each gait has six degrees of freedom, including knee flexion/extension, internal/external rotation, adduction/abduction, anterior/posterior translation, distal/proximal translation, medial/lateral translation. The unit of angle is degree and that of translation is millimetre.	1 Day
Knee adduction/abduction angle at opposite toe off during gait.	The gait cycle include seven key events (e.g. initial contact), and each gait has six degrees of freedom, including knee flexion/extension, internal/external rotation, adduction/abduction, anterior/posterior translation, distal/proximal translation, medial/lateral translation. The unit of angle is degree and that of translation is millimetre.	1 Day
Knee internal/external rotation angle at opposite toe off during gait.	The gait cycle include seven key events (e.g. initial contact), and each gait has six degrees of freedom, including knee flexion/extension, internal/external rotation, adduction/abduction, anterior/posterior translation, distal/proximal translation, medial/lateral translation. The unit of angle is degree and that of translation is millimetre.	1 Day
Knee anterior/posterior translation at opposite toe off during gait.	The gait cycle include seven key events (e.g. initial contact), and each gait has six degrees of freedom, including knee flexion/extension, internal/external rotation, adduction/abduction, anterior/posterior translation, distal/proximal translation, medial/lateral translation. The unit of angle is degree and that of translation is millimetre.	1 Day
Knee distal/proximal translation at opposite toe off during gait.	The gait cycle include seven key events (e.g. initial contact), and each gait has six degrees of freedom, including knee flexion/extension, internal/external rotation, adduction/abduction, anterior/posterior translation, distal/proximal translation, medial/lateral translation. The unit of angle is degree and that of translation is millimetre.	1 Day
Knee medial/lateral translation at opposite toe off during gait.	The gait cycle include seven key events (e.g. initial contact), and each gait has six degrees of freedom, including knee flexion/extension, internal/external rotation, adduction/abduction, anterior/posterior translation, distal/proximal translation, medial/lateral translation. The unit of angle is degree and that of translation is millimetre.	1 Day
Knee flexion/extension angle at heel rise during gait.	The gait cycle include seven key events (e.g. initial contact), and each gait has six degrees of freedom, including knee flexion/extension, internal/external rotation, adduction/abduction, anterior/posterior translation, distal/proximal translation, medial/lateral translation. The unit of angle is degree and that of translation is millimetre.	1 Day
Knee internal/external rotation angle at heel rise during gait.	The gait cycle include seven key events (e.g. initial contact), and each gait has six degrees of freedom, including knee flexion/extension, internal/external rotation, adduction/abduction, anterior/posterior translation, distal/proximal translation, medial/lateral translation. The unit of angle is degree and that of translation is millimetre.	1 Day
Knee adduction/abduction angle at heel rise during gait.	The gait cycle include seven key events (e.g. initial contact), and each gait has six degrees of freedom, including knee flexion/extension, internal/external rotation, adduction/abduction, anterior/posterior translation, distal/proximal translation, medial/lateral translation. The unit of angle is degree and that of translation is millimetre.	1 Day
Knee anterior/posterior translation at heel rise during gait.	The gait cycle include seven key events (e.g. initial contact), and each gait has six degrees of freedom, including knee flexion/extension, internal/external rotation, adduction/abduction, anterior/posterior translation, distal/proximal translation, medial/lateral translation. The unit of angle is degree and that of translation is millimetre.	1 Day
Knee distal/proximal translation at heel rise during gait.	The gait cycle include seven key events (e.g. initial contact), and each gait has six degrees of freedom, including knee flexion/extension, internal/external rotation, adduction/abduction, anterior/posterior translation, distal/proximal translation, medial/lateral translation. The unit of angle is degree and that of translation is millimetre.	1 Day
Knee medial/lateral translation at heel rise during gait.	The gait cycle include seven key events (e.g. initial contact), and each gait has six degrees of freedom, including knee flexion/extension, internal/external rotation, adduction/abduction, anterior/posterior translation, distal/proximal translation, medial/lateral translation. The unit of angle is degree and that of translation is millimetre.	1 Day
Knee flexion/extension angle at opposite initial contact during gait.	The gait cycle include seven key events (e.g. initial contact), and each gait has six degrees of freedom, including knee flexion/extension, internal/external rotation, adduction/abduction, anterior/posterior translation, distal/proximal translation, medial/lateral translation. The unit of angle is degree and that of translation is millimetre.	1 Day
Knee adduction/abduction angle at opposite initial contact during gait.	The gait cycle include seven key events (e.g. initial contact), and each gait has six degrees of freedom, including knee flexion/extension, internal/external rotation, adduction/abduction, anterior/posterior translation, distal/proximal translation, medial/lateral translation. The unit of angle is degree and that of translation is millimetre.	1 Day
Knee internal/external rotation angle at opposite initial contact during gait.	The gait cycle include seven key events (e.g. initial contact), and each gait has six degrees of freedom, including knee flexion/extension, internal/external rotation, adduction/abduction, anterior/posterior translation, distal/proximal translation, medial/lateral translation. The unit of angle is degree and that of translation is millimetre.	1 Day
Knee anterior/posterior translation at opposite initial contact during gait.	The gait cycle include seven key events (e.g. initial contact), and each gait has six degrees of freedom, including knee flexion/extension, internal/external rotation, adduction/abduction, anterior/posterior translation, distal/proximal translation, medial/lateral translation. The unit of angle is degree and that of translation is millimetre.	1 Day
Knee distal/proximal translation at opposite initial contact during gait.	The gait cycle include seven key events (e.g. initial contact), and each gait has six degrees of freedom, including knee flexion/extension, internal/external rotation, adduction/abduction, anterior/posterior translation, distal/proximal translation, medial/lateral translation. The unit of angle is degree and that of translation is millimetre.	1 Day
Knee medial/lateral translation at opposite initial contact during gait.	The gait cycle include seven key events (e.g. initial contact), and each gait has six degrees of freedom, including knee flexion/extension, internal/external rotation, adduction/abduction, anterior/posterior translation, distal/proximal translation, medial/lateral translation. The unit of angle is degree and that of translation is millimetre.	1 Day
Knee flexion/extension angle at toe off during gait.	The gait cycle include seven key events (e.g. initial contact), and each gait has six degrees of freedom, including knee flexion/extension, internal/external rotation, adduction/abduction, anterior/posterior translation, distal/proximal translation, medial/lateral translation. The unit of angle is degree and that of translation is millimetre.	1 Day
Knee adduction/abduction angle at toe off during gait.	The gait cycle include seven key events (e.g. initial contact), and each gait has six degrees of freedom, including knee flexion/extension, internal/external rotation, adduction/abduction, anterior/posterior translation, distal/proximal translation, medial/lateral translation. The unit of angle is degree and that of translation is millimetre.	1 Day
Knee internal/external rotation angle at toe off during gait.	The gait cycle include seven key events (e.g. initial contact), and each gait has six degrees of freedom, including knee flexion/extension, internal/external rotation, adduction/abduction, anterior/posterior translation, distal/proximal translation, medial/lateral translation. The unit of angle is degree and that of translation is millimetre.	1 Day
Knee anterior/posterior translation at toe off during gait.	The gait cycle include seven key events (e.g. initial contact), and each gait has six degrees of freedom, including knee flexion/extension, internal/external rotation, adduction/abduction, anterior/posterior translation, distal/proximal translation, medial/lateral translation. The unit of angle is degree and that of translation is millimetre.	1 Day
Knee distal/proximal translation at toe off during gait.	The gait cycle include seven key events (e.g. initial contact), and each gait has six degrees of freedom, including knee flexion/extension, internal/external rotation, adduction/abduction, anterior/posterior translation, distal/proximal translation, medial/lateral translation. The unit of angle is degree and that of translation is millimetre.	1 Day
Knee medial/lateral translation at toe off during gait.	The gait cycle include seven key events (e.g. initial contact), and each gait has six degrees of freedom, including knee flexion/extension, internal/external rotation, adduction/abduction, anterior/posterior translation, distal/proximal translation, medial/lateral translation. The unit of angle is degree and that of translation is millimetre.	1 Day
Knee flexion/extension angle at feet adjacent during gait.	The gait cycle include seven key events (e.g. initial contact), and each gait has six degrees of freedom, including knee flexion/extension, internal/external rotation, adduction/abduction, anterior/posterior translation, distal/proximal translation, medial/lateral translation. The unit of angle is degree and that of translation is millimetre.	1 Day
Knee internal/external rotation angle at feet adjacent during gait.	The gait cycle include seven key events (e.g. initial contact), and each gait has six degrees of freedom, including knee flexion/extension, internal/external rotation, adduction/abduction, anterior/posterior translation, distal/proximal translation, medial/lateral translation. The unit of angle is degree and that of translation is millimetre.	1 Day
Knee adduction/abduction angle at feet adjacent during gait.	The gait cycle include seven key events (e.g. initial contact), and each gait has six degrees of freedom, including knee flexion/extension, internal/external rotation, adduction/abduction, anterior/posterior translation, distal/proximal translation, medial/lateral translation. The unit of angle is degree and that of translation is millimetre.	1 Day
Knee anterior/posterior translation at feet adjacent during gait.	The gait cycle include seven key events (e.g. initial contact), and each gait has six degrees of freedom, including knee flexion/extension, internal/external rotation, adduction/abduction, anterior/posterior translation, distal/proximal translation, medial/lateral translation. The unit of angle is degree and that of translation is millimetre.	1 Day
Knee distal/proximal translation at feet adjacent during gait.	The gait cycle include seven key events (e.g. initial contact), and each gait has six degrees of freedom, including knee flexion/extension, internal/external rotation, adduction/abduction, anterior/posterior translation, distal/proximal translation, medial/lateral translation. The unit of angle is degree and that of translation is millimetre.	1 Day
Knee medial/lateral translation at feet adjacent during gait.	The gait cycle include seven key events (e.g. initial contact), and each gait has six degrees of freedom, including knee flexion/extension, internal/external rotation, adduction/abduction, anterior/posterior translation, distal/proximal translation, medial/lateral translation. The unit of angle is degree and that of translation is millimetre.	1 Day
Knee flexion/extension angle at tibial vertical during gait.	The gait cycle include seven key events (e.g. initial contact), and each gait has six degrees of freedom, including knee flexion/extension, internal/external rotation, adduction/abduction, anterior/posterior translation, distal/proximal translation, medial/lateral translation. The unit of angle is degree and that of translation is millimetre.	1 Day
Knee adduction/abduction angle at tibial vertical during gait.	The gait cycle include seven key events (e.g. initial contact), and each gait has six degrees of freedom, including knee flexion/extension, internal/external rotation, adduction/abduction, anterior/posterior translation, distal/proximal translation, medial/lateral translation. The unit of angle is degree and that of translation is millimetre.	1 Day
Knee internal/external rotation angle at tibial vertical during gait.	The gait cycle include seven key events (e.g. initial contact), and each gait has six degrees of freedom, including knee flexion/extension, internal/external rotation, adduction/abduction, anterior/posterior translation, distal/proximal translation, medial/lateral translation. The unit of angle is degree and that of translation is millimetre.	1 Day
Knee anterior/posterior translation at tibial vertical during gait.	The gait cycle include seven key events (e.g. initial contact), and each gait has six degrees of freedom, including knee flexion/extension, internal/external rotation, adduction/abduction, anterior/posterior translation, distal/proximal translation, medial/lateral translation. The unit of angle is degree and that of translation is millimetre.	1 Day
Knee distal/proximal translation at tibial vertical during gait.	The gait cycle include seven key events (e.g. initial contact), and each gait has six degrees of freedom, including knee flexion/extension, internal/external rotation, adduction/abduction, anterior/posterior translation, distal/proximal translation, medial/lateral translation. The unit of angle is degree and that of translation is millimetre.	1 Day
Knee medial/lateral translation at tibial vertical during gait.	The gait cycle include seven key events (e.g. initial contact), and each gait has six degrees of freedom, including knee flexion/extension, internal/external rotation, adduction/abduction, anterior/posterior translation, distal/proximal translation, medial/lateral translation. The unit of angle is degree and that of translation is millimetre.	1 Day
Range of motion of knee internal/external rotation angle.	The gait cycle include seven key events (e.g. initial contact), and each gait has six degrees of freedom, including knee flexion/extension, internal/external rotation, adduction/abduction, anterior/posterior translation, distal/proximal translation, medial/lateral translation. The unit of angle is degree and that of translation is millimetre.	1 Day
Range of motion of knee anterior/posterior translation.	The gait cycle include seven key events (e.g. initial contact), and each gait has six degrees of freedom, including knee flexion/extension, internal/external rotation, adduction/abduction, anterior/posterior translation, distal/proximal translation, medial/lateral translation. The unit of angle is degree and that of translation is millimetre.	1 Day
Range of motion of knee distal/proximal translation.	The gait cycle include seven key events (e.g. initial contact), and each gait has six degrees of freedom, including knee flexion/extension, internal/external rotation, adduction/abduction, anterior/posterior translation, distal/proximal translation, medial/lateral translation. The unit of angle is degree and that of translation is millimetre.	1 Day
Range of motion of knee medial/lateral translation.	The gait cycle include seven key events (e.g. initial contact), and each gait has six degrees of freedom, including knee flexion/extension, internal/external rotation, adduction/abduction, anterior/posterior translation, distal/proximal translation, medial/lateral translation. The unit of angle is degree and that of translation is millimetre.	1 Day
Range of motion of knee adduction/abduction angle	The gait cycle include seven key events (e.g. initial contact), and each gait has six degrees of freedom, including knee flexion/extension, internal/external rotation, adduction/abduction, anterior/posterior translation, distal/proximal translation, medial/lateral translation. The unit of angle is degree and that of translation is millimetre.	1 Day
Range of motion of knee flexion/extension angle .	The gait cycle include seven key events (e.g. initial contact), and each gait has six degrees of freedom, including knee flexion/extension, internal/external rotation, adduction/abduction, anterior/posterior translation, distal/proximal translation, medial/lateral translation. The unit of angle is degree and that of translation is millimetre.	1 Day
Loading of participants	The unit is kg.	1 Day

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Guangzhou General Hospital of Guangzhou Military Command
• Collaborators: The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University; Medical Center of Assessment, Prevention and Treatment of Bone & Joint Diseases, Guangdong, China

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): April 26, 2017
• Primary Completion (Actual): May 13, 2017
• Study Completion (Actual): May 17, 2017

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: April 26, 2017
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 28, 2017
• First Posted (Actual): May 1, 2017

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): May 18, 2017
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 17, 2017
• Last Verified: May 1, 2017

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Knee; Kinematics; Loading
• Other Study ID Numbers: GuangzhouGH006

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No