Trial reportEuropean journal of applied physiology2013
Impact reduction through long-term intervention in recreational runners: midfoot strike pattern versus low-drop/low-heel height footwear.
Trial report in European journal of applied physiology, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.
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- The long-term effect of minimalist shoes on running performance and injury: design of a randomised controlled trial.BMJ open · 2015Trial
- Enhanced Foot Proprioception Through 3-Minute Walking Bouts with Ultra-Minimalist Shoes on Surfaces That Mimic Highly Rugged Natural Terrains.Biomimetics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- An Analysis of Running Impact on Different Surfaces for Injury Prevention.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- The Use of Wearable Sensors for Preventing, Assessing, and Informing Recovery from Sport-Related Musculoskeletal Injuries: A Systematic Scoping Review.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Is This the Real Life, or Is This Just Laboratory? A Scoping Review of IMU-Based Running Gait Analysis.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Running Injury Paradigms and Their Influence on Footwear Design Features and Runner Assessment Methods: A Focused Review to Advance Evidence-Based Practice for Running Medicine Clinicians.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2022Review
- Music-based biofeedback to reduce tibial shock in over-ground running: a proof-of-concept study.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Downhill Running: What Are The Effects and How Can We Adapt? A Narrative Review.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2020Review
- Running speed-induced changes in foot contact pattern influence impact loading rate.European journal of sport science · 2019Article
- Do Strike Patterns or Shoe Conditions have a Predominant Influence on Foot Loading?Journal of human kinetics · 2018Article
- The Effect of the Accelerometer Operating Range on Biomechanical Parameters: Stride Length, Velocity, and Peak Tibial Acceleration during Running.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2018Article
- Transitioning to Minimal Footwear: a Systematic Review of Methods and Future Clinical Recommendations.Sports medicine - open · 2017Review
- Is changing footstrike pattern beneficial to runners?Journal of sport and health science · 2017Review
- A consensus definition and rating scale for minimalist shoes.Journal of foot and ankle research · 2015Article
- Setting standards for medically-based running analysis.Current sports medicine reportsReview
- Injuries among amateur runners.Revista brasileira de ortopediaArticle
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5 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Impact reduction has become a factor of interest in the prevention of running-related injuries such as stress fractures. Currently, the midfoot strike pattern (MFS) is thought as a potential way to decrease impact. The purpose was to test the effects of two long-term interventions aiming to reduce impact during running via a transition to an MFS: a foot strike retraining versus a low-drop/low-heel height footwear. Thirty rearfoot strikers were randomly assigned to two experimental groups (SHOES and TRAIN). SHOES progressively wore low-drop/low-heel height shoes and TRAIN progressively adopted an MFS, over a 3-month period with three 30-min running sessions per week. Measurement sessions (pre-training, 1, 2 and 3 months) were performed during which subjects were equipped with three accelerometers on the shin, heel and metatarsals, and ran for 15 min on an instrumented treadmill. Synchronized acceleration and vertical ground reaction force signals were recorded. Peak heel acceleration was significantly lower as compared to pre-training for SHOES (-33.5 ± 12.8 % at 2 months and -25.3 ± 18.8 % at 3 months, p < 0.001), and so was shock propagation velocity (-12.1 ± 9.3 %, p < 0.001 at 2 months and -11.3 ± 4.6 %, p < 0.05 at 3 months). No change was observed for TRAIN. Important inter-individual variations were noted in both groups and reported pains were mainly located at the shin and calf. Although it induced reversible pains, low-drop/low-heel height footwear seemed to be more effective than foot strike retraining to attenuate heel impact in the long term.
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