Izvorni znanstveni članak
Performance, stride characteristics, and muscle activity while running with a traditional compared to a newly developed running shoe
Eric Lichtenstein
; Department of Sport, Exercise and Health, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Lars Donath
; Institute of Exercise Training and Computer Science in Sport, German Sport University Cologne, Köln, Germany
Aislinn Oeri
; Department of Sport, Exercise and Health, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Ralf Roth
; Department of Sport, Exercise and Health, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Roland Rössler
; Amsterdam Collaboration on Health & Safety in Sports & Department of Public and Occupational Health, Amsterdam Movement Sciences, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Lukas Zahner
; Department of Sport, Exercise and Health, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Oliver Faude
; Department of Sport, Exercise and Health, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Sažetak
A new running shoe cushioning technology has been developed intending to dampen the landing impulse during running while allowing a powerful and direct push-off. We aimed to compare this newly developed technology to traditional running shoes in regard to endurance performance, spatiotemporal stride characteristics, ground reaction forces, and muscle activity. In a randomized crossover design, 13 recreational runners (age 24.9±1.2 years, height 1.68±0.07 m, body mass 62.8±6.0 kg, weekly running distance >30 km) were tested twice, once with their own traditional shoes and (with a 2-week run-in and a 6-week wash-out period) with shoes featuring the new technology. The two-day testing procedure consisted of a graded exercise running test to assess lactate threshold (LT) on day one. On the following day, muscle activity, ground reaction forces and spatiotemporal stride characteristics at two velocities (80% and 95% LT
velocity) were recorded on an instrumented treadmill. Finally, 4 km time trial performance was assessed. Magnitude-based inferences were calculated to compare the two shoe conditions. Ground reaction force
was likely higher at 95% LT (+5.7%) and possibly higher at 80% LT (+2.2%) with the newly designed shoes, while muscle activity was likely reduced in the tibialis anterior and biceps femoris muscles during push-off. Spatiotemporal stride parameters, physiological markers during the graded exercise test as well as time trial performance showed trivial or unclear differences between the conditions. The observed differences between the shoe conditions in ground reaction forces and muscle activity were insufficient to elicit improvements
in selected performance parameters.
Ključne riječi
time trial; endurance performance; running biomechanics; EMG; running shoes
Hrčak ID:
194825
URI
Datum izdavanja:
31.3.2018.
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