The effect of shoe type on gait in forefoot strike runners during a 50-km run

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摘要 Purpose:Toobservetherelativechangeinfoot-strikepattern,pressurecharacteristics,surfaceelectromyography(sEMG)recordings,andstridecharacteristicsinforefootstrikerunnerswearingbothminimalistandtraditionalshoesduringa50-kmrun.Methods:Fourexperiencedminimalistrunnerswereenrolledinthisstudy.Eachrunnerrana50-kmsimulatedruninbothminimalistshoesandtraditionalshoes.Pressuredata,sEMGrecordings,andlimited3Dmotioncapturedatawerecollectedduringtheinitial0.8kmandfinal0.8kmforeachtrial.Results:Threerunnersinthetraditionalshoetypeconditionandonerunnerintheminimalistshoetypeconditiondemonstratedamoreposteriorinitialcontactarea(midfootstrike(MFS)pattern)afterthe50-kmrun.whichwassupportedbyincreasedactivityofthetibialisanteriorinthepre-contaetphase(asperrootmeansquare(RMS)values).Inaddition,inbothpre-andpost-runconditions,therewereincreasedpeakpressuresintheminimalistshoetype,specificallyinthemedialforefoot.Musclefatigueasdefinedbyadecreasedmedianfrequencyobservedinisometric,constantforcecontractionsdidnotcorrespondwithourhypothesisinrelationtotheobservedfootstrikechangepattern.Finally,steprateincreasedandsteplengthdecreasedafterthe50-kmruninbothshoetypeconditions.Conclusion:Morerunnersadoptedamoreposteriorinitialcontactareaafterthe50-kmruninthetraditionalshoetypethanintheminimalistshoetype.Therunnerswhoadoptedamoreposteriorinitialcontactareaweremorecloselyassociatedwithanincreasedmedianfrequencyofthemedialgastrocnemius,whichsuggeststheremaybeachangeinmotorunitrecruitmentpatternduringlong-distance,sustainedvelocityrunning.Theincreasedpeakpressuresobservedinthemedialforefootintheminimalistshoetypemaypredisposetometatarsalstressfracturesinthesettingofimpropertraining.
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出版日期 2014年02月12日(中国期刊网平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)
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