ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2022
The Impact of Footwear on Occupational Task Performance and Musculoskeletal Injury Risk: A Scoping Review to Inform Tactical Footwear.
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20 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 43 citations in OpenAlex.
- A review of the injuries caused by occupational footwear.Occupational medicine (Oxford, England) · 2024Pooled it
- Running-Related Musculoskeletal Injuries in Saudi Arabia: Epidemiology, Biomechanical Determinants, and Global Comparative Insights.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
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- Usability Evaluation and Perceived Performance of the MoonWalkingSensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Force Plate Assessment of Neuromuscular Jump Performance Under Loaded and Unloaded Conditions in Military Personnel.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Pupils' and teachers' experiences with implementing standing desks in secondary schools in Belgium.Preventive medicine reports · 2025Article
- Use of SEM-PLS analysis to predict sports injuries in professional football players through warehouse technology data.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Evaluation of safety boots and their relationships with the foot structure of female and male industrial workers.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2025Article
- 'Super boots' for soldiers: theoretical ergogenic and thermoprotective benefits of energetically optimised military combat boots.BMJ military health · 2025Article
- Prevalence and associated factors of work-related musculoskeletal disorder symptoms amongst emergency medical service workers.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Unmasking the divide: Musculoskeletal injury and physical fitness disparities among military and emergency responders.Journal of military, veteran and family health · 2025Article
- Improvement in Mechanical Pain and Disability in Patients With Flatfoot After the Use of Medical Shoes.Cureus · 2025Article
- Effects of using exposure footwear for firemen and fitness training shoes on lower limb biomechanics during walking.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- How boots affect the kinematics and kinetics of lower limb joints during walking compared to casual footwear.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- What's the Impact of Safety Footwear on Workers Concerning Foot-Related Problems? A Systematic Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Safety Footwear Impact on Workers' Gait and Foot Problems: A Comparative Study.Clinics and practice · 2024Article
- Changes in Baropodometric Evaluation and Discomfort during the Workday in Assembly-Line Workers.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Biomechanical characterization of firefighters running under different rescue tasks.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Increased Barefoot Stride Variability Might Be Predictor Rather than Risk Factor for Overuse Injury in the Military.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- The Effect of Anthropometric Shoes on Lactic Acid Reduction in Nurses: A Mixed-Methods Study from Indonesia.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2023Article
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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
The aim of this scoping review was to investigate the impact of footwear on worker physical task performance and injury risk. The review was guided by the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for Scoping Reviews protocol and registered in the Open Science Framework. Key search terms were entered into five academic databases. Following a dedicated screening process and critical appraisal, data from the final articles informing this review were extracted, tabulated, and synthesised. Of 19,614 identified articles, 50 articles informed this review. Representing 16 countries, the most common populations investigated were military and firefighter populations, but a wide range of general occupations (e.g., shipping, mining, hairdressing, and healthcare workers) were represented. Footwear types included work safety boots/shoes (e.g., industrial, gumboots, steel capped, etc.), military and firefighter boots, sports shoes (trainers, tennis, basketball, etc.) and various other types (e.g., sandals, etc.). Occupational footwear was found to impact gait and angular velocities, joint ranges of motion, posture and balance, physiological measures (like aerobic capacity, heart rates, temperatures, etc.), muscle activity, and selected occupational tasks. Occupational footwear associated with injuries included boots, conventional running shoes, shoes with inserts, harder/stiffer outsoles or thin soles, and shoes with low comfort scores-although the findings were mixed. Occupational footwear was also linked to potentially causing injuries directly (e.g., musculoskeletal injuries) as well as leading to mechanisms associated with causing injuries (like tripping and slipping).
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