Changes in the foot strike pattern and pressure distribution when running in minimalist and traditional sport shoes

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Alternative codes found

RIV/46747885:24510/18:00005840 RIV/00216208:11510/18:10380492

Result on the web

<a href="https://www.minervamedica.it/en/journals/medicina-dello-sport/article.php?cod=R26Y2018N02A0257" target="_blank" >https://www.minervamedica.it/en/journals/medicina-dello-sport/article.php?cod=R26Y2018N02A0257</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.23736/S0025-7826.18.03029-6" target="_blank" >10.23736/S0025-7826.18.03029-6</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Changes in the foot strike pattern and pressure distribution when running in minimalist and traditional sport shoes

Original language description

BACKGROUND: New trends in the use of minimalist shoes and barefoot running lead to the monitoring of movement patterns wearing sports shoes and minimalist shoes while running. Therefore, the objective was to compare the foot strike patterns for recreational runners in both traditional sport and minimalist shoes and to identify differentiations of the plantar pressure distribution. METHODS: Fifteen recreational runners (8 males and 7 females, aged 34.6±6.2 years, body height: 1.80±0.08 m, body weight: 68.1±8.9 kg) volunteered for the study. The Pedar system (Pedar-x; Novel, Munich, Germany) was used for the dynamic analysis and Matlab (Mathworks, Inc., Natick, MA, USA) for the statistical analysis. RESULTS: Four (26.7%) and seven (46.7%) runners wearing traditional running shoes (TRS) used the midfoot strike (MFS) and the rearfoot strike (RFS) patterns, respectively. Out of 15 runners, six (40%) in minimalist footwear used forefoot strike (FFS), five (33.3%) relied on MFS, and the remaining four (26.7%) utilized RFS. TRS resulted in significantly (P≤0.05) lower peak pressure values compared with the minimalist shoes at heel strike and toe-off. The TRS led to a longer stride time (mean: 0.697±0.065 s) than minimalist footwear (mean: 0.665±0.082 s). CONCLUSIONS: The main finding of the study was that the foot strike behavior among recreational runners was influenced by shoe type. Furthermore, the different types of foot strike patterns lead to differences in the center of pressure (COP) line. Wearing traditional running shoes was linked with lower peak pressure. The (COP) trajectory is shorter in the anterior-posterior direction depending on the foot strike patterns. Caution should be taken when recommending running in minimalist shoes to people who suffer from foot pain.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

30306 - Sport and fitness sciences

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2018

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Medicina dello Sport

ISSN

0025-7826

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

71

Issue of the periodical within the volume

2

Country of publishing house

IT - ITALY

Number of pages

11

Pages from-to

257-267

UT code for WoS article

000445199100010

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85048774557