ReviewFrontiers in sports and active living2022
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.
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- Association of Shoe Cushioning Perception and Comfort With Injury Risk in Leisure-Time Runners: A Secondary Analysis of a Randomised Trial.European journal of sport science · 2025Trial
- Adherence, motivational factors, and injury rates in runners using minimalist vs. conventional shoes: A cross-sectional study of 4719 Brazilian runners.Brazilian journal of physical therapy · 2026Article
- Running Velocity as a Methodological Factor in Footwear Testing: Fixed Versus Self-Selected Conditions.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
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- The effect of fatigue induced by running at heart rate deflection point in people with pronated versus healthy feet.Communications medicine · 2025Article
- Which pronator are you? New perspectives from an unsupervised clustering approach in running.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2025Article
- The effects of different carbon-fiber plate shapes in shoes on lower limb biomechanics following running-induced fatigue.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2025Article
- Running Shoe Recommendations Based on Gait Analysis Improve Perceptions of Comfort, Performance and Injury Risk: A Single-Blind Randomised Crossover Trial.Translational sports medicine · 2025Article
- Trends and hotspots in running shoe research: a bibliometric study from 2005 to 2024.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2025Review
- The biomechanical effects of insoles with different cushioning on the knee joints of people with different body mass index grades.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2023Article
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Abstract
Many runners seek health professional advice regarding footwear recommendations to reduce injury risk. Unfortunately, many clinicians, as well as runners, have ideas about how to select running footwear that are not scientifically supported. This is likely because much of the research on running footwear has not been highly accessible outside of the technical footwear research circle. Therefore, the purpose of this narrative review is to update clinical readers on the state of the science for assessing runners and recommending running footwear that facilitate the goals of the runner. We begin with a review of basic footwear construction and the features thought to influence biomechanics relevant to the running medicine practitioner. Subsequently, we review the four main paradigms that have driven footwear design and recommendation with respect to injury risk reduction: Pronation Control, Impact Force Modification, Habitual Joint (Motion) Path, and Comfort Filter. We find that evidence in support of any paradigm is generally limited. In the absence of a clearly supported paradigm, we propose that in general clinicians should recommend footwear that is lightweight, comfortable, and has minimal pronation control technology. We further encourage clinicians to arm themselves with the basic understanding of the known effects of specific footwear features on biomechanics in order to better recommend footwear on a patient-by-patient basis.
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