Thank you for your interest in our study entitled “Effect of foam properties and cushioning position of running shoes on injury risk in leisure-time runners: A randomised trial”.

Before starting the registration procedure, please read carefully the inclusion/exclusion criteria.

Inclusion criteria:

• Aged between 18 and 65 years
• Willing to use the study shoes for each running training session, and only for running activities
• Use a sports watch for training data recording
• Accept to give us access to your running data via your Garmin Connect, Polar Flow or Suunto account, or accept to upload the GPX file (downloaded from another system) into the data collection platform “STRIDE” for every running session
• Signed electronic Informed Consent provided

Exclusion criteria:

• Women who are pregnant
• Any contraindication to running training including cardiovascular/respiratory disease or running impeding injury/condition at the time of initial inclusion
• A history of surgery to the lower limbs or the lower back within the previous 12 months or any degenerative conditions
• The use of orthopaedic insoles for physical activity
• Any running injury (a physical pain or complaint related to running practice that causes the runner to interrupt or modify his/her training for at least one week) over the last month

No limitation is set regarding running experience, running level (performance), body mass or body mass index. However, the study targets runners who practice at least once a week.

The following shoe sizes are available: 36 - 47.

If you are willing to take part in the study and you believe that you meet the inclusion criteria, you are invited to register to the study via the present data collection platform. The registration procedure consists of 8 steps. You can move back and forth across these steps at any time.

STEP 1: Registration to the data collection platform
STEP 2: Eligibility for participation in the study
STEP 3: Ethical Information notice and Consent
STEP 4: Data protection notice
STEP 5: Secondary use notice and consent
STEP 6: Baseline questionnaire
STEP 7: Connection with Garmin Connect, Polar Flow, Suunto, or any other activity tracker
STEP 8: Booking appointment with the research team to collect the study shoes
(Fondation Norbert Metz; 5th floor, office 5.01; 76, rue d’Eich,1460 Luxembourg)