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Front Sports Act Living. 2021 Nov 11;3:744658. doi: 10.3389/fspor.2021.744658. eCollection 2021.

Relevance of Frequency-Domain Analyses to Relate Shoe Cushioning, Ground Impact Forces and Running Injury Risk: A Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Trial With 800+ Recreational Runners.

Frontiers in sports and active living

Laurent Malisoux, Paul Gette, Anne Backes, Nicolas Delattre, Jan Cabri, Daniel Theisen

Affiliations

  1. Department of Population Health, Physical Activity, Sport and Health Research Group, Luxembourg Institute of Health, Luxembourg, Luxembourg.
  2. Department of Population Health, Human Motion, Orthopedics, Sports Medicine and Digital Methods Research Group, Luxembourg Institute of Health, Luxembourg, Luxembourg.
  3. Decathlon Sports Lab, Movement Sciences Department, Decathlon SA, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France.
  4. Luxembourg Institute of Research in Orthopedics, Sports Medicine and Science, Luxembourg, Luxembourg.
  5. ALAN-Maladies Rares Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Luxembourg.

PMID: 34859204 PMCID: PMC8632264 DOI: 10.3389/fspor.2021.744658

Abstract

Cushioning systems in running shoes are used assuming that ground impact forces relate to injury risk and that cushioning materials reduce these impact forces. In our recent trial, the more cushioned shoe version was associated with lower injury risk. However, vertical impact peak force was higher in participants with the Soft shoe version. The primary objective of this study was to investigate the effect of shoe cushioning on the time, magnitude and frequency characteristics of peak forces using frequency-domain analysis by comparing the two study groups from our recent trial (Hard and Soft shoe group, respectively). The secondary objective was to investigate if force characteristics are prospectively associated with the risk of running-related injury. This is a secondary analysis of a double-blinded randomized trial on shoe cushioning with a biomechanical running analysis at baseline and a 6-month follow-up on running exposure and injury. Participants (

Copyright © 2021 Malisoux, Gette, Backes, Delattre, Cabri and Theisen.

Keywords: biomechanics; footwear; frequency-domain analysis; injury prevention; kinetics; prospective study

Conflict of interest statement

ND is employed at Decathlon. Decathlon also provided the standard running shoes. A research partnership agreement was signed between Decathlon and the LIH. The remaining authors declare that the resea

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