The effects of foot posture and running shoe type on the injury rate among distance runners

Graduation Date

2014

Document Type

Thesis

Program

Other

Program

Thesis (M.S.)--Humboldt State University, Kinesiology: Exercise Science, 2014

Committee Chair Name

Justus Ortega

Committee Chair Affiliation

HSU Faculty or Staff

Keywords

Distance runners, Running related injuries, Effects, Orthoses, Rearfoot eversion, Humboldt State University -- Theses -- Kinesiology, Pronation, Foot posture, Running shoes

Abstract

Runners have been shown to experience a high rate of injury. Research suggests excessive rearfoot eversion may be implicated. The current model of running shoe prescription follows that runners are provided a shoe type with the proper level of stability based on their rearfoot posture. Distance runners were measured for static rearfoot posture. Also, subjects reported the number of injuries sustained in the last year and the associated shoe brand and model of shoe. Four groups were constructed from the subjects' foot posture and shoe type. A 2-way factorial ANOVA was used to determine differences between groups on the rate of injury. Mean injury rates were also compared between subjects with a matched foot posture-shoe type combination and those with a non-matched combination. Statistically significant main effects were not observed for foot posture, shoe type, or foot posture across shoe type. Differences in injury rate were not observed between matched and non-matched subjects. The lack of statistical significance may be attributed to the influence of other training, anatomical, and biomechanical variables. In conclusion, shoe prescription based on rearfoot posture does not appear to prevent the development of injury in distance runners.

https://scholarworks.calstate.edu/concern/theses/7w62fb848

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