TY - JOUR
T1 - Effects of footwear with different longitudinal bending stiffness on biomechanical characteristics and muscular mechanics of lower limbs in adolescent runners
AU - Chen, Hairong
AU - Shao, Enze
AU - Sun, Dong
AU - Xuan, Rongrong
AU - Baker, Julien S.
AU - Gu, Yaodong
N1 - This study is supported by Zhejiang Province Medical and Health Science and Technology Plan Project (No. 2018KY710), Ningbo Public Welfare Science and Technology Plan Project (No. 2019C50095), Health Youth Technical Talent Cultivation Special Fund Project (2020SWSQNGG-01), Ningbo Medical Science and Technology Plan (2020Y14), Young Cultivation Fund Project of The Affiliated of School of Medicine of Ningbo University (FYQM-KY-202003), Key R&D Program of Zhejiang Province China (2021C03130), and Zhejiang Province Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars (R22A021199).
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Copyright © 2022 Chen, Shao, Sun, Xuan, Baker and Gu.
PY - 2022/8/19
Y1 - 2022/8/19
N2 - Background: Running shoes with carbon plates have beenidentified to have positive effects on improving running performance from abiomechanical perspective. However, the specific difference between the effectsof carbon plates with different longitudinal bending stiffness (LBS)onbiomechanical characteristics and muscular mechanics of lower limbs inadolescent runners remains unclear. This study aimed to identify the differencein biomechanical characteristics and muscular mechanics in lower limbs during runningstance phases between wearing shoes with low longitudinal bending stiffness(Llbs) and high longitudinal bending stiffness (Hlbs) carbon plates inadolescent runners.Methods: 10 male adolescent runners with a habit of dailyrunning exercise (age: 13.5 ± 0.6 years; height: 166.3 ± 1.9 cm; bodyweight:50.8 ± 3.1 kg; foot length: 25.4 ± 0.2 cm) were recruited and asked to conducttwo times of tests by wearing shoes with Llbs and Hlbs carbon plates in arandomized order. Paired t-test and statistical parametric mapping (SPM)analysis were used to identify the difference in biomechanical characteristicsand muscular mechanics in lower limbs during running stance phases.Result: Under the condition of wearing shoes with Hlbs, thetime of foot contact significantly increased, whereas the range of motion (ROM)of hip and metatarsophalangeal (MTP) in the sagittal plane significantlyreduced as well as the peak moment of ankle joint in the sagittal plane. Theactivations of vastus medialis, vastus lateralis, flexor digitorum brevis (flexdig brevis), and flexor hallucis longus (flex hall long) significantlyincreased under the condition of wearing shoes with Hlbs. According to theresults of the SPM analysis, the joint angles (hip, ankle, and MTP), the netjoint moments (knee, ankle, and MTP), and the muscle forces (gluteus maximusand tibialis anterior) were significant difference during the running stancephase between conditions of wearing shoes with Hlbs and Llbs.Conclusion: Running shoes with Llb carbon plates areappropriate for adolescent runners due to the advantages of biomechanicalcharacteristics and muscular mechanics.
AB - Background: Running shoes with carbon plates have beenidentified to have positive effects on improving running performance from abiomechanical perspective. However, the specific difference between the effectsof carbon plates with different longitudinal bending stiffness (LBS)onbiomechanical characteristics and muscular mechanics of lower limbs inadolescent runners remains unclear. This study aimed to identify the differencein biomechanical characteristics and muscular mechanics in lower limbs during runningstance phases between wearing shoes with low longitudinal bending stiffness(Llbs) and high longitudinal bending stiffness (Hlbs) carbon plates inadolescent runners.Methods: 10 male adolescent runners with a habit of dailyrunning exercise (age: 13.5 ± 0.6 years; height: 166.3 ± 1.9 cm; bodyweight:50.8 ± 3.1 kg; foot length: 25.4 ± 0.2 cm) were recruited and asked to conducttwo times of tests by wearing shoes with Llbs and Hlbs carbon plates in arandomized order. Paired t-test and statistical parametric mapping (SPM)analysis were used to identify the difference in biomechanical characteristicsand muscular mechanics in lower limbs during running stance phases.Result: Under the condition of wearing shoes with Hlbs, thetime of foot contact significantly increased, whereas the range of motion (ROM)of hip and metatarsophalangeal (MTP) in the sagittal plane significantlyreduced as well as the peak moment of ankle joint in the sagittal plane. Theactivations of vastus medialis, vastus lateralis, flexor digitorum brevis (flexdig brevis), and flexor hallucis longus (flex hall long) significantlyincreased under the condition of wearing shoes with Hlbs. According to theresults of the SPM analysis, the joint angles (hip, ankle, and MTP), the netjoint moments (knee, ankle, and MTP), and the muscle forces (gluteus maximusand tibialis anterior) were significant difference during the running stancephase between conditions of wearing shoes with Hlbs and Llbs.Conclusion: Running shoes with Llb carbon plates areappropriate for adolescent runners due to the advantages of biomechanicalcharacteristics and muscular mechanics.
KW - running shoes
KW - longitudinal bending stiffness (LBS)
KW - adolescents
KW - lower limb biomechanics
KW - muscle mechanics
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U2 - 10.3389/fphys.2022.907016
DO - 10.3389/fphys.2022.907016
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85137841135
SN - 1664-042X
VL - 13
JO - Frontiers in Physiology
JF - Frontiers in Physiology
M1 - 907016
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