SynthesisJournal of sport and health science2023
Biomechanics associated with tibial stress fracture in runners: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
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- Identification of modifiable gait parameters predictive of simulated tibial stress-fracture risk in men and women.Frontiers in physiology · 2026Article
- Enhanced ground reaction force analyses reveal injury-related Biomechanical differences in runners.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Ground Reaction Forces and Impact Loading Among Runners with Different Acuity of Tibial Stress Injuries: Advanced Waveform Analysis for Running Mechanics.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Biomechanical Strategies to Improve Running: Cadence, Footwear, and Orthoses-A Quasi-Experimental Study.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Biomechanics associated with bone stress injury in athletes differ by proximal and distal anatomical locations: a cross-sectional analysis.BMJ open sport & exercise medicine · 2025Article
- Methods for Evaluating Tibial Accelerations and Spatiotemporal Gait Parameters during Unsupervised Outdoor Movement.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Criteria and Guidelines for Returning to Running Following a Tibial Bone Stress Injury: A Scoping Review.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2024Article
- Technologically advanced running shoes reduce oxygen cost and cumulative tibial loading per kilometer in recreational female and male runners.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Advancing Exoskeleton Development: Validation of a Robotic Surrogate to Measure Tibial Strain.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Predicting overstriding with wearable IMUs during treadmill and overground running.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Rethinking running biomechanics: a critical review of ground reaction forces, tibial bone loading, and the role of wearable sensors.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2024Review
- Discovering individual-specific gait signatures from data-driven models of neuromechanical dynamics.PLoS computational biology · 2023Article
- The Role of Footwear, Foot Orthosis, and Training-Related Strategies in the Prevention of Bone Stress Injuries: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.International journal of exercise science · 2023Review
- The effects of non-Newtonian fluid material midsole footwear on tibial shock acceleration and attenuation.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2023Article
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- Erratum issued
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Abstract
backgroundTibial stress fracture (TSF) is an overuse running injury with a long recovery period. While many running studies refer to biomechanical risk factors for TSF, only a few have compared biomechanics in runners with TSF to controls. The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to evaluate biomechanics in runners with TSF compared to controls.
methodsElectronic databases PubMed, Web of Science, SPORTDiscus, Scopus, Cochrane, and CINAHL were searched. Risk of bias was assessed and meta-analysis conducted for variables reported in 3 or more studies.
resultsThe search retrieved 359 unique records, but only the 14 that compared runners with TSF to controls were included in the review. Most studies were retrospective, 2 were prospective, and most had a small sample size (5-30 per group). Many variables were not significantly different between groups. Meta-analysis of peak impact, active, and braking ground reaction forces found no significant differences between groups. Individual studies found larger tibial peak anterior tensile stress, peak posterior compressive stress, peak axial acceleration, peak rearfoot eversion, and hip adduction in the TSF group.
conclusionMeta-analysis indicated that discrete ground reaction force variables were not statistically significantly different in runners with TSF compared to controls. In individual included studies, many biomechanical variables were not statistically significantly different between groups. However, many were reported by only a single study, and sample sizes were small. We encourage additional studies with larger sample sizes of runners with TSF and controls and adequate statistical power to confirm or refute these findings.
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