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The effect of two retraining programs, barefoot running vs increasing cadence, on kinematic parameters: A randomized controlled trial
- Source :
- Digibug. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Granada, instname
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Wiley, 2021.
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Abstract
- The authors would like to acknowledge the study participants involved in recruitment and the coaches who contributed to the implementation of the running retraining programs. Funding for open access charge: Universidad de Granada/CBUA.<br />The aim of this study was to compare the effects of two 10-week non-laboratory- based running retraining programs on foot kinematics and spatiotemporal parameters in recreational runners. One hundred and three recreational runners (30 ± 7.2 years old, 39% females) were randomly assigned to either: a barefoot retraining group (BAR) with 3 sessions/week over 10 weeks, a cadence retraining group (CAD) who increased cadence by 10% again with 3 sessions/week over 10 weeks and a control group (CON) who did not perform any retraining. The footstrike pattern, footstrike angle (FSA), and spatial-temporal variables at comfortable and high speeds were measured using 2D/3D photogrammetry and a floor-based photocell system. A 3 × 2 ANOVA was used to compare between the groups and 2 time points. The FSA significantly reduced at the comfortable speed by 5.81° for BAR (p < 0.001; Cohen's d = 0.749) and 4.81° for CAD (p = 0.002; Cohen's d = 0.638), and at high speed by 6.54° for BAR (p < 0.001; Cohen's d = 0.753) and by 4.71° for CAD (p = 0.001; Cohen's d = 0.623). The cadence significantly increased by 2% in the CAD group (p = 0.015; Cohen's d = 0.344) at comfortable speed and the BAR group showed a 1.7% increase at high speed. BAR and CAD retraining programs showed a moderate effect for reducing FSA and rearfoot prevalence, and a small effect for increasing cadence. Both offer low-cost and feasible tools for gait modification within recreational runners in clinical scenarios.<br />Universidad de Granada/CBUA
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation
Kinematics
Metronome
Unshod
Running
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Barefoot
Young Adult
Randomized controlled trial
Gait retraining
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Humans
Medicine
Orthopedics and Sports Medicine
Running form
Gait
Foot kinematics
Foot
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Retraining
Biomechanical Phenomena
Lower Extremity
Step rate
Physical therapy
Female
Gait modification
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Cadence
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Details
- ISSN :
- 16000838 and 09057188
- Volume :
- 32
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....5335dd328bedebab615f818101fbe609