ArticleFrontiers in sports and active living2025
Effects of footwear and foot strike patterns on patellofemoral joint and Achilles tendon loading in novice runners and experienced runners.
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- Rearfoot striking is associated with lower modeled ACL loading during overground running: a musculoskeletal modeling study.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2026Article
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Introduction: This study aimed to investigate the differences in the loading characteristics of the patellofemoral joint (PFJ) and the Achilles tendon (AT) between novice and experienced runners across different footwear conditions (conventional vs. minimalist shoes) with rearfoot striking (RFS) and forefoot striking (FFS). Methods: Eleven male RFS novice runners and experienced runners were randomly asked to run across a force platform at 12 km/h when wearing conventional and minimalist shoes with RFS and FFS, respectively. AT and PFJ loading were estimated from kinematic and kinetic data. The morphological (length and cross-sectional area) of AT Results: Patellofemoral contact force and AT impulses were significantly greater ( Discussion: Novice runners experienced a significant increase in PFJ and AT loads during running. In addition, FFS increased the impulse, force, and stress on the AT and decreased the PFJ stress. Therefore, novice runners need to gradually adjust their foot strike pattern according to the loading capacity of different joints to reduce the corresponding injury risk.
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