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| Title |
Comparison of Minimalist Footwear Strategies for Simulating Barefoot Running: A Randomized Crossover Study
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| Published in |
PLOS ONE, May 2015
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0125880 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Karsten Hollander, Andreas Argubi-Wollesen, Rüdiger Reer, Astrid Zech |
| Abstract |
Possible benefits of barefoot running have been widely discussed in recent years. Uncertainty exists about which footwear strategy adequately simulates barefoot running kinematics. The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of athletic footwear with different minimalist strategies on running kinematics. Thirty-five distance runners (22 males, 13 females, 27.9 ± 6.2 years, 179.2 ± 8.4 cm, 73.4 ± 12.1 kg, 24.9 ± 10.9 km.week-1) performed a treadmill protocol at three running velocities (2.22, 2.78 and 3.33 m.s-1) using four footwear conditions: barefoot, uncushioned minimalist shoes, cushioned minimalist shoes, and standard running shoes. 3D kinematic analysis was performed to determine ankle and knee angles at initial foot-ground contact, rate of rear-foot strikes, stride frequency and step length. Ankle angle at foot strike, step length and stride frequency were significantly influenced by footwear conditions (p<0.001) at all running velocities. Posthoc pairwise comparisons showed significant differences (p<0.001) between running barefoot and all shod situations as well as between the uncushioned minimalistic shoe and both cushioned shoe conditions. The rate of rear-foot strikes was lowest during barefoot running (58.6% at 3.33 m.s-1), followed by running with uncushioned minimalist shoes (62.9%), cushioned minimalist (88.6%) and standard shoes (94.3%). Aside from showing the influence of shod conditions on running kinematics, this study helps to elucidate differences between footwear marked as minimalist shoes and their ability to mimic barefoot running adequately. These findings have implications on the use of footwear applied in future research debating the topic of barefoot or minimalist shoe running. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 25% |
| Italy | 1 | 13% |
| Unknown | 5 | 63% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 5 | 63% |
| Scientists | 3 | 38% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 241 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| New Zealand | 1 | <1% |
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| South Africa | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 238 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 47 | 20% |
| Student > Master | 41 | 17% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 18 | 7% |
| Researcher | 15 | 6% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 12 | 5% |
| Other | 46 | 19% |
| Unknown | 62 | 26% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Sports and Recreations | 63 | 26% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 43 | 18% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 31 | 13% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 7 | 3% |
| Engineering | 7 | 3% |
| Other | 18 | 7% |
| Unknown | 72 | 30% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 85. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 01 December 2023.
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