Hebert-Losier, Kim https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1087-4986
Cumming, Christiaan https://orcid.org/0009-0002-1936-5053
Bidois, Benjamin https://orcid.org/0009-0001-0897-5238
Nguyen, Anh Phong https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6473-1780
Giandolini, Marlene https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1507-8356
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Documents that mention this clinical trial
Exploring Factors to Explain Interindividual Responses to Running Economy in Advanced Footwear Technology Shoes: A Randomised Crossover Laboratory Trial with an Explanatory Predictor Analysis
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40798-026-01091-0
Funding for this research was provided by:
University of Waikato
Article History
Received: 6 March 2026
Accepted: 30 July 2026
First Online: 17 August 2026
Declarations
Ethics Approval and Consent to Participate: Ethics approval was granted by the Human Research Ethics Committee of the University of Waikato [HREC(HECS)2024 #11] before participant recruitment, and procedures followed the Declaration of Helsinki, New Zealand’s Health Research Guidelines for research involving children [ ], and UNICEF’s ethical principles for research with children [ ]. All participants provided informed consent to participate. For participants under 16 years of age, consent was additionally obtained from their legal guardians.
Consent for Publication: All participants provided informed for their data to be published. For participants under 16 years of age, consent was additionally obtained from their legal guardians. All identifiable individuals shown in the supplementary material consented for their images to be published.
Competing Interests: KHL and APN serve as speakers for the Running Clinic™, a continuing education organisation that translates scientific evidence for healthcare professionals and the public. This organisation had no direct involvement in any aspect of the present study. MG is an author and employee of Salomon SAS. Salomon SAS supplied all footwear used in the research, but did not participate in data collection, processing, or formal analyses. MG contributed to conceptualisation, methodology, resources, and manuscript writing/editing. No additional external funding was received for this study. All of the authors declare that they have no relevant financial or non-financial competing interests.