Trial reportThe American journal of sports medicine2019
Adaptation of Running Biomechanics to Repeated Barefoot Running: A Randomized Controlled Study.
Trial report in The American journal of sports medicine, 2019. 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 Effect of Minimalist Versus Motion Control Shoes on Patellofemoral Joint Forces in Adolescents With Patellofemoral Pain During Running: A Randomized Crossover Study.The American journal of sports medicine · 2026Trial
- Effects of Minimalist vs. Traditional Running Shoes on Abdominal Lumbopelvic Muscle Activity in Women Running at Different Speeds: A Randomized Cross-Over Clinical Trial.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Trial
- Running barefoot leads to lower running stability compared to shod running - results from a randomized controlled study.Scientific reports · 2021Trial
- Alterations in Running Biomechanics after 12 Week Gait Retraining with Minimalist Shoes.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Trial
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- Kinematics and muscle activation of the lower limb during barefoot and flip-flop running.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2026Article
- The Influence of Running Cadence on Biomechanics and Injury Prevention: A Systematic Review.Cureus · 2025Review
- Acute effects of footwear and surface condition on sport specific performance in athletes.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Test-retest Reliability of Biomechanical Measures and Clinical Pain Outcomes in Runners with Medial Tibial Stress Syndrome (MTSS).International journal of sports physical therapy · 2025Article
- Cues to land softly and quietly result in acute reductions in ground reaction force loading rates in runners.Gait & posture · 2024Observational
- Effects of Barefoot and Shod Conditions on the Kinematics and Kinetics of the Lower Extremities in Alternating Jump Rope Skipping-A One-Dimensional Statistical Parameter Mapping Study.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- [The influence of footwear on the human gait].Orthopadie (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2023Review
- On the variability and dependence of human leg stiffness across strides during running and some consequences for the analysis of locomotion data.Royal Society open science · 2023Article
- Electromyographic Activity of the Pelvic Floor Muscles and Internal Oblique Muscles in Women during Running with Traditional and Minimalist Shoes: A Cross-Over Clinical Trial.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Arthroscopic modified Broström procedure achieves faster return to sports than open procedure for chronic ankle instability.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2022Article
- From barefoot hunter gathering to shod pavement pounding. Where to from here? A narrative review.BMJ open sport & exercise medicine · 2020Review
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Abstract
backgroundPrevious studies have shown that changing acutely from shod to barefoot running induces several changes to running biomechanics, such as altered ankle kinematics, reduced ground-reaction forces, and reduced loading rates. However, uncertainty exists whether these effects still exist after a short period of barefoot running habituation. PURPOSE/HYPOTHESIS: The purpose was to investigate the effects of a habituation to barefoot versus shod running on running biomechanics. It was hypothesized that a habituation to barefoot running would induce different adaptations of running kinetics and kinematics as compared with a habituation to cushioned footwear running or no habituation. STUDY
designControlled laboratory study.
methodsYoung, physically active adults without experience in barefoot running were randomly allocated to a barefoot habituation group, a cushioned footwear group, or a passive control group. The 8-week intervention in the barefoot and footwear groups consisted of 15 minutes of treadmill running at 70% of VO
resultsOf the 60 included participants (51.7% female; mean ± SD age, 25.4 ± 3.3 years; body mass index, 22.6 ± 2.1 kg·m
conclusionChanging acutely from shod to barefoot running in a habitually shod population increased the foot strike index and reduced ground-reaction force and loading rates. After the habituation to barefoot running, the foot strike index was further increased, while the force and average loading rates also CLINICAL RELEVANCE: A habituation to barefoot running led to increased vertical average loading rates. This finding was unexpected and questions the generalizability of acute adaptations to long-term barefoot running. Sports medicine professionals should consider these adaptations in their recommendations regarding barefoot running as a possible measure for running injury prevention. REGISTRATION: DRKS00011073 (German Clinical Trial Register).
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