This study is evaluating the effects of custom-made foot orthoses on power production during a cycling sprint performance.
The underlying hypothesis of the study is that there will be an increase in power production while performing a cycling sprint effort when using a custom-made foot orthosis.
The participants (n=24) in this study are all competitive road cyclists and have mobile feet, as determined by the Foot Mobility Magnitude measure. They will perform a series of 5-second sprint efforts with a custom-made foot orthosis (4 mm polypropylene shell) and a sham orthosis (1 mm polyethylene shell).
Each sprint test will be performed on a Velotron cycle ergometer fitted with scientific power meter cranks for measurement of power production. Testing will be completed in the coming weeks and we look forward to sharing the results in the near future.
Boon Kiak Yeo (Honours student) and I would like to thank Artur and his team at Footwork Podiatric Laboratory for manufacturing and donating the orthoses used in this study, without such support these studies are not possible.
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