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Influence of Footwear Selection on Youth Running Biomechanics: A Pilot Study.
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- Patient characteristics modify the effects of education plus exercise on patellofemoral joint loading: a secondary effect-modifier analysis of a randomized controlled trial.Scientific reports · 2026Trial
- Minimalist Footwear Acutely Alters Running Kinematics in Runners With Medial Tibial Stress Syndrome.Arthroscopy, sports medicine, and rehabilitation · 2026Article
- A SHAP-based machine learning approach to decoding the relationship between running posture features and tibial load in novice runners with MTSS: towards accurate and intelligent rehabilitation strategies.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2026Article
- Psychologically informed patient education combined with exercise intervention is associated with improvements in tibial loading regulation, joint kinematics, and kinesiophobia in runners with medial tibial stress syndrome: a randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe relationship of running biomechanics, footwear, and injury has been studied extensively in adults. There has been little research on the effects of footwear on running biomechanics in youth. HYPOTHESIS: Running biomechanics of youth will be significantly affected by changes in footwear. Minimal shoe running will demonstrate similarities to barefoot. STUDY
designCrossover study design: randomized trial. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level 2.
methodsA total of 14 active male youth (8-12 years old) participants with no previous exposure to minimalist shoes or barefoot running had running biomechanics (lower extremity sagittal plane kinematics and vertical ground reaction forces [vGRFs]) collected and analyzed in 3 footwear conditions (barefoot, traditional, and minimal shoe).
resultsThe average vertical loading rate (AVLR) was significantly greater running barefoot (173.86 bodyweights per second [BW/s]) and in the minimal shoe (138.71 BW/s) compared with the traditional shoe (78.06 BW/s), (
conclusionThe introduction of barefoot and minimalist running in habitually shod youth significantly affected the running biomechanics of youth and caused immediate alterations in both lower extremity kinematics and vGRFs. Running barefoot or in minimal shoes dramatically increased the AVLR, which has been associated with injury, compared with a traditional shoe. CLINICAL RELEVANCE: This study evaluated the effects of footwear on overground running biomechanics, including AVLR, in pre- and early-adolescent youth males. Based on our findings, clinicians should exercise caution in barefoot or minimal shoe transition among young, habitually shod, runners due to the immediate and dramatic increases in AVLRs.
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