Running Speed Affected Maximum Pressure on the Foot Comparing With or Without Shoes

Brenique Lewis, Joshua Finney, Shuqi Zhang, Li Li

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Abstract

<p> <p id="x-x-x-P11"> <strong> Purpose: </strong> The purpose of this study was to determine if footsole pressure distribution were affected by speeds comparing running with and without shoes. <p id="x-x-x-P12"> <strong> Methods: </strong> Five male college students were recruited as participants. The participants were asked to run at 3.4 and 5.4m/s with or without shoes on a treadmill. PEDAR dynamic in-shoe pressure system (Novel GumbH, Munich, Germany) was used to measure plantar pressure distribution for 10 sec during each shoe / speed condition. Maximal peak pressures (MPP) were calculated by PEDAR X software for each runner at each condition in eight different footsole regions. The eight regions were divided as lateral and medial toe (LT &amp; MT), forefoot (LF&amp;MF), mid-foot (LMF&amp;MMF), and heel (LH&amp;MH). Paired t-tests were used to compare differential MPP (without shoe - with shoe) between low and high speeds for each of the eight regions. <p id="x-x-x-P13"> <strong> Results: </strong> Differential MPP (without - with shoe condition) for speed 3.4 m/s at the LT, MT, LF, MF, LMF, MMF, LH and MH regions were (Mean&plusmn;standard error of the mean) 110&plusmn;72, 193&plusmn;104, 236&plusmn;40, 233&plusmn;36, 164&plusmn;46, 39&plusmn;25, 13&plusmn;119, and -10&plusmn;121, where for speed 5.4 m/s were 133&plusmn;75, 182&plusmn;118, 228&plusmn;21, 217&plusmn;64, 195&plusmn;54, 66&plusmn;29, -179&plusmn;112, and -196&plusmn;111. The speed induced differences at the heels (LH and MH), from 13 and -10 to -179 and -196, respectively, were significant (p1.2). <p id="x-x-x-P14"> <strong> Conclusions: </strong> Footsole pressure distributions were different between running with and without shoes. These differences were more pronounced with faster speed, which was exemplified by avoiding high pressure at the heel regions with greater speed when running without shoes. </p> </p> </p> </p></p>
Original languageAmerican English
StatePublished - May 29 2015
EventAmerican College of Sports Medicine Annual Conference (ACSM) -
Duration: May 30 2018 → …

Conference

ConferenceAmerican College of Sports Medicine Annual Conference (ACSM)
Period05/30/18 → …

Keywords

  • Footsole
  • Maximum pressure
  • Running shoes
  • Running speed

DC Disciplines

  • Kinesiology
  • Medicine and Health Sciences

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