Trial reportScientific reports2021
Running barefoot leads to lower running stability compared to shod running - results from a randomized controlled study.
Trial report in Scientific reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
9 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Assessing running stability: a systematic review of methods.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2026Pooled it
- Effects of Precooling on Endurance Exercise Performance in the Heat: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.Nutrients · 2024Pooled it
- Biomechanical Changes During Running on a Lower Body Positive Pressure Treadmill in Competitive Runners.Scandinavian journal of medicine & science in sports · 2025Trial
- Movement Dynamics of Treadmill Running Within the Different Exercise Intensity Domains in Male Runners.European journal of sport science · 2026Article
- Movement Regularity and Local Dynamic Stability During Acute and 12-Week Retrained Non-Rearfoot-Strike Running Compared to Habitual Non-Rearfoot-Strike Running.Journal of sports science & medicine · 2026Article
- Runners with lower dynamic stability exhibit better running economy.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- The effect of running experience and speed on local dynamic stability in running.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2025Article
- Reliability of Running Stability during Treadmill and Overground Running.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
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Abstract
Local dynamic running stability is the ability of a dynamic system to compensate for small perturbations during running. While the immediate effects of footwear on running biomechanics are frequently investigated, no research has studied the long-term effects of barefoot vs. shod running on local dynamic running stability. In this randomized single-blinded controlled trial, young adults novice to barefoot running were randomly allocated to a barefoot or a cushioned footwear running group. Over an 8-week-period, both groups performed a weekly 15-min treadmill running intervention in the allocated condition at 70% of their VO
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