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Study on Reducing Running Ground Contact Time

This study aims to find the most effective way to help healthy runners reduce their ground contact time (GCT), which is how long your foot stays on the ground while running. We are testing three different methods: real-time visual feedback (seeing your GCT on a screen), real-time auditory feedback (matching your steps to a metronome), and real-time verbal feedback (a clinician giving you cues). We want to see which method helps runners decrease their GCT the most. To join, you need to be a Military Service Member or USMA cadet between 17 and 60 years old, run at least 2 miles three times a week, and be able to run for 15 continuous minutes. The study is currently unclear on its recruitment status and plans to enroll 30 participants.

Study design
This is an interventional study with 30 planned participants. It compares three different running retraining techniques to a runner's baseline.
What's involved
You will participate in a single session where your ground contact time will be measured before and during each running condition.
Compensation
Not stated in the trial record.
Follow-up
Not specified.

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NCT06988709

Examining the Most Effective Method to Reduce Running Ground Contact Time

Recruiting
NAAges 17–60Interventional
Keller Army Community Hospital
~30 participants
Updated 2025-12-12 on ClinicalTrials.gov
What's tested:Real-time Visual FeedbackReal-time Auditory FeedbackReal-time Verbal Feedback

At a glance

Recruiting sites
1 of 1 listed site is recruiting right now
RecruitingSuspended, closed, or not yet open
What they're measuring
Ground Contact Time
Measured over Within a single session, measured pre-intervention (baseline) and during each running condition intervention

Conditions

Healthy Runners

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Where you'd take part

This study runs at 1 site. They're the same protocol — you choose where, and that choice sets who your contact draft is addressed to.

  • Keller Army Community Hospital

    West Point, New Yorkstudy coordinator listed

    Recruiting

Sites open and close at different times, so the status above is per site — it can differ from the study's overall status.

Who to contact

Jennah Bulen, DPT
[email protected]
315-774-8350
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Eligibility criteria

Inclusion

Military Service Member or USMA cadet between the ages of 17-60
Run at least 2 miles three times per week for the past 3 months
Able to run for at least 15 continuous minutes at a self-selected speed
Fluent in the English language to read and provide informed consent and follow study instructions

Exclusion

Lower extremity or low back pain in the previous 3 months
Lower extremity or low back surgery in the previous 6 months
Self-reported pregnancy or given birth within the last 6 months
Currently on a profile that restricts or limits running

What this trial measures

  • Ground Contact TimeWithin a single session, measured pre-intervention (baseline) and during each running condition intervention

    The amount of time in milliseconds that the foot remains in contact with the ground while running. GCT will be measured through the RunScribe device.