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Influence of shoe midsole hardness on plantar pressure distribution in four basketball-related movements.
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Research in Sports Medicine . Jan-Mar2017, Vol. 25 Issue 1, p37-47. 11p. 3 Diagrams, 1 Chart. - Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- This study examined how shoe midsole hardness influenced plantar pressure in basketball-related movements. Twenty male university basketball players wore customized shoes with hard and soft midsoles (60 and 50 Shore C) to perform four movements: running, maximal forward sprinting, maximal 45° cutting and lay-up. Plantar loading was recorded using an in-shoe pressure measuring system, with peak pressure (PP) and pressure time integral (PTI) extracted from 10 plantar regions. Compared with hard shoes, subjects exhibited lower PP in one or more plantar regions when wearing the soft shoes across all tested movements (Ps < 0.05). Lower PTI was also observed in the hallux for 45° cutting, and the toes and forefoot regions during the first step of lay-up in the soft shoe condition (Ps < 0.05). In conclusion, using a softer midsole in the forefoot region may be a plausible remedy to reduce the high plantar loading experienced by basketball players. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *FOOT physiology
*ANTHROPOMETRY
*ATHLETIC shoes
*BASKETBALL
*BIOPHYSICS
*CLINICAL trials
*COLLEGE athletes
*CROSSOVER trials
*EXERCISE physiology
*JUMPING
*KINEMATICS
*MOTOR ability
*PROBABILITY theory
*RUNNING
*STATISTICAL sampling
*SCIENTIFIC apparatus & instruments
*STATISTICS
*VIDEO recording
*PRODUCT design
*DATA analysis
*EFFECT sizes (Statistics)
*RANDOMIZED controlled trials
*DATA analysis software
*DESCRIPTIVE statistics
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 15438627
- Volume :
- 25
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Research in Sports Medicine
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 120394452
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/15438627.2016.1258643