ArticleBiology of sport2015
Better economy in field running than on the treadmill: evidence from high-level distance runners.
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- A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Crossover Studies Comparing Physiological, Perceptual and Performance Measures Between Treadmill and Overground Running.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2019Pooled it
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- Spatiotemporal and kinematic adjustments in master runners may be associated with the relative physiological effort during running.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2023Article
- Comparison of energy expenditure and substrate metabolism during overground and motorized treadmill running in Chinese middle-aged women.Scientific reports · 2020Article
- Muscle Activation Patterns Are More Constrained and Regular in Treadmill Than in Overground Human Locomotion.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2020Article
- Lower Leg Length is Associated with Running Economy in High Level Caucasian Distance Runners.Journal of human kinetics · 2017Article
- Non-motorized Treadmill Running Is Associated with Higher Cardiometabolic Demands Compared with Overground and Motorized Treadmill Running.Frontiers in physiology · 2017Article
- Fat Utilization During High-Intensity Exercise: When Does It End?Sports medicine - open · 2016Article
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Abstract
Given the ongoing interest in ways to improve the specificity of testing elite athletes in their natural environment, portable metabolic systems provide an opportunity to assess metabolic demand of exercise in sport-specific settings. Running economy (RE) and maximal oxygen uptake ([Formula: see text]O2max) were compared between track and treadmill (1% inclination) conditions in competitive level European distance runners who were fully habituated to treadmill running (n = 13). All runners performed an exercise test on running track and on treadmill. While [Formula: see text]O2max was similar on the track and on the treadmill (68.5 ± 5.3 vs. 71.4 ± 6.4 ml·kg(-1)·min(-1), p = 0.105, respectively), superior RE was found on the track compared to the treadmill (215.4 ± 12.4 vs. 236.8 ± 18.0 O2 ml·kg(-1)·km(-1), p < 0.001). RE on the track was strongly correlated with RE on the treadmill (r = 0.719, p = 0.006). The present findings indicate that high-level distance runners have significantly better RE but not [Formula: see text]O2max on the track compared to treadmill. This difference may be due to biomechanical adjustments. As RE is strongly correlated between the two conditions, it would be reasonable to assume that interventions affecting RE on the treadmill will also affect RE on the track.
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