Is there an economical running technique? A review of modifiable biomechanical factors affecting running economy

IS Moore - Sports medicine, 2016 - Springer
Running economy (RE) has a strong relationship with running performance, and modifiable
running biomechanics are a determining factor of RE. The purposes of this review were to …

Running economy: measurement, norms, and determining factors

KR Barnes, AE Kilding - Sports medicine-open, 2015 - Springer
Running economy (RE) is considered an important physiological measure for endurance
athletes, especially distance runners. This review considers 1) how RE is defined and …

The relationship between running biomechanics and running economy: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies

B Van Hooren, I Jukic, M Cox, KG Frenken, I Bautista… - Sports Medicine, 2024 - Springer
Background Running biomechanics is considered an important determinant of running
economy (RE). However, studies examining associations between running biomechanics …

Foot strike patterns and collision forces in habitually barefoot versus shod runners

DE Lieberman, M Venkadesan, WA Werbel, AI Daoud… - Nature, 2010 - nature.com
Humans have engaged in endurance running for millions of years, but the modern running
shoe was not invented until the 1970s. For most of human evolutionary history, runners were …

Effects of step rate manipulation on joint mechanics during running

BC Heiderscheit, ES Chumanov… - … and science in …, 2011 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Purpose The objective of this study was to characterize the biomechanical effects of step
rate modification during running on the hip, knee and ankle joints, so as to evaluate a …

[PDF][PDF] Effects of footwear and strike type on running economy

DP Perl, AI Daoud, DE Lieberman - Med Sci Sports Exerc, 2012 - Citeseer
ABSTRACT PERL, DP, AI DAOUD, and DE LIEBERMAN. Effects of Footwear and Strike
Type on Running Economy. Med. Sci. Sports Exerc., Vol. 44, No. 7, pp. 1335–1343, 2012 …

What we can learn about running from barefoot running: an evolutionary medical perspective

DE Lieberman - Exercise and sport sciences reviews, 2012 - journals.lww.com
Barefoot running, which was how people ran for millions of years, provides an opportunity to
study how natural selection adapted the human body to run. Because humans evolved to …

[PDF][PDF] Metabolic cost of running barefoot versus shod: is lighter better?

JR Franz, CM Wierzbinski, R Kram - Medicine & Science in Sports …, 2012 - researchgate.net
Sports Exerc., Vol. 44, No. 8, pp. 1519–1525, 2012. Purpose: Based on mass alone, one
might intuit that running barefoot would exact a lower metabolic cost than running in shoes …

Forefoot running improves pain and disability associated with chronic exertional compartment syndrome

AR Diebal, R Gregory, C Alitz… - The American journal of …, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Anterior compartment pressures of the leg as well as kinematic and kinetic
measures are significantly influenced by running technique. It is unknown whether adopting …

Effects of stride frequency and foot position at landing on braking force, hip torque, impact peak force and the metabolic cost of running in humans

DE Lieberman, AG Warrener, J Wang… - Journal of …, 2015 - journals.biologists.com
Endurance runners are often advised to use 90 strides min− 1, but how optimal is this stride
frequency and why? Endurance runners are also often advised to maintain short strides and …