Does an acute transition to different footwear conditions affect walking patterns in people with different experiences of minimalist footwear?

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F61988987%3A17450%2F24%3AA2503834" target="_blank" >RIV/61988987:17450/24:A2503834 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0966636224002157" target="_blank" >https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0966636224002157</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gaitpost.2024.07.003" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.gaitpost.2024.07.003</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Does an acute transition to different footwear conditions affect walking patterns in people with different experiences of minimalist footwear?

Original language description

Background: Minimalistic footwear provides adequate toe space, tripod function, improving foot function, muscle activation and stability during walking similarly to barefoot walking. Due to the increasing popularity of this specific footwear, there is a lack of research focusing on general users of minimalistic footwear. Research question: Does annual walking in minimalistic footwear affect gait biomechanics? Methods: Cross-sectional study involving twenty participants in a minimalistic footwear group with both experience (MFE) and no experience (NMFE). Participants walked in three different conditions (barefoot, minimalistic, and neutral footwear) in the laboratory at normal human walking speed. Results: A significant main effect of groups regardless of footwear conditions show significantly greater values during walking in minimalistic footwear and barefoot in the stride length (p=0.035, p=0.003, respectively), and stride width (p=0.047, p=0.028, respectively) in the NMFE group compared to MFE group. The significant differences in the main effects of footwear regardless of experience were found in stance time (p<0.001), steps per minute (p<0.001), stride length (<0.001), foot adduction in TO (p<0.001), foot eversion angle in IC and TO (p<0.001, p<0.001, respectively), foot progression angle (p<0.001), ankle dorsiflexion angle in IC and TO (p<0.001, p<0.001, respectively), in ankle eversion angle in IC and TO (p<0.001, p<0.001, respectively), knee f lexion angle in IC and TO (p<0.001; p<0.001, respectively), and in knee flexion range of motion (p<0.001). Significance: Based on our findings, barefoot walking should be used primarily during daily activities if the environment is conducive. Only one year of experience with minimalistic footwear seems insufficient and an intervention should be incorporated to change the gait pattern when transitioning to full minimalistic footwear walking.

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

<a href="/en/project/EF16_019%2F0000798" target="_blank" >EF16_019/0000798: Healthy Aging in Industrial Environment</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)<br>S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2024

Confidentiality

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

Name of the periodical

Gait & Posture

ISSN

0966-6362

e-ISSN

1879-2219

Volume of the periodical

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Issue of the periodical within the volume

September 2024

Country of publishing house

IE - IRELAND

Number of pages

7

Pages from-to

258-264

UT code for WoS article

001266336100001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85197378354