Sherman R A, Karstetter K W, May H, Woerman A L
Orthopedic Surgery Service, Madigan Army Medical Center, Fort Lewis, WA 98431, USA.
J Am Podiatr Med Assoc. 1996 Mar;86(3):117-22. doi: 10.7547/87507315-86-3-117.
The utility of shock-absorbing boot and sneaker inserts for reducing the occurrence of lower limb pain among male US Army basic trainees was evaluated. Every other training unit was given inserts. The inserts were issued prior to the start of training when combat boots and sneakers were fitted. According to post-training questionnaires and the participants' medical records, the inserts did not have any preventive effect on occurrence of lower limb problems during training. Five hundred seventeen trainees were issued inserts, 397 were followed but not issued inserts, and 218 were not issued but purchased them on their own. Thirty-eight percent of those issued inserts had lower limb pain problems compared with 29% of those not issued inserts and 38% of those who bought their own. There was no statistical difference between these rates of occurrence. Prior to training, there were minor differences between the groups' scores on physical fitness test scores and run times. These differences disappeared during training so that there were no differences among the groups on either training or clinical variables during or after basic training.
对减震靴和运动鞋鞋垫减少美国陆军男性新兵下肢疼痛发生率的效用进行了评估。每隔一个训练单位发放鞋垫。鞋垫在训练开始时发放，当时会发放作战靴和运动鞋。根据训练后的调查问卷和参与者的医疗记录，鞋垫对训练期间下肢问题的发生没有任何预防作用。517名新兵发放了鞋垫，397名新兵接受了跟踪但未发放鞋垫，218名新兵未发放但自行购买了鞋垫。发放鞋垫的新兵中有38%出现下肢疼痛问题，未发放鞋垫的新兵中有29%出现该问题，自行购买鞋垫的新兵中有38%出现该问题。这些发生率之间没有统计学差异。训练前，各组在体能测试成绩和跑步时间上的得分存在微小差异。这些差异在训练期间消失，因此在基础训练期间或之后，各组在训练或临床变量上没有差异。
