High-Tech socks aim to speed up ankle injury recovery
NCT ID NCT07025733
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether socks made with semiconductor fabric can improve healing and reduce symptoms after an ankle sprain. About 100 adults with ankle injuries will wear either the special socks or regular compression socks and report their pain and function over time. The goal is to see if the semiconductor material offers any extra benefit beyond standard compression.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Semiconductor embedded sock
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could offer a simple, non-drug way to speed up recovery from ankle sprains.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-stage study with only 100 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. The benefit over a regular compression sock may be small or none.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 100 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Apr 2025
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 to 70 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Ankle sprain, avulsion fracture, distal fibular fracture * Pain for at least 1 day * Patients 18-69 years old Exclusion Criteria: * Patients with neurological conditions * Patients with prior surgical treatment of lower limb injury * Patients with chronic pain conditions * Patient with auto-immune or auto-inflammatory disease * Patients with tobacco use in last 90 days * Patients with history of metabolic disorders * Patients with open wound at area of application * Patients with acute or systemic infection
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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University of Colorado
RECRUITINGAurora, Colorado, 80045, United States
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