| Title: |
Effects of Foot-Core Training on Foot-Ankle Kinematics and Running Kinetics in Runners: Secondary Outcomes From a Randomized Controlled Trial |
| Authors: |
Matias, Alessandra B.; Watari, Ricky; Taddei, Ulisses T.; Caravaggi, Paolo; Inoue, Rafael S.; Thibes, Raissa B.; Suda, Eneida Y.; Vieira, Marcus F.; Sacco, Isabel C. N. |
| Contributors: |
Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo; Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico; Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior |
| Source: |
Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology ; volume 10 ; ISSN 2296-4185 |
| Publisher Information: |
Frontiers Media SA |
| Publication Year: |
2022 |
| Collection: |
Frontiers (Publisher - via CrossRef) |
| Description: |
This study investigated the effectiveness of an 8-week foot-core exercise training program on foot-ankle kinematics during running and also on running kinetics (impact loads), with particular interest in biomechanical outcomes considered risk factors for running-related injuries in recreational runners. A single-blind, randomized, controlled trial was conducted with 87 recreational runners randomly allocated to either the control (CG) or intervention (IG) group and assessed at baseline and after 8 weeks. The IG underwent foot-core training 3 times/week, while the CG followed a placebo lower-limb stretching protocol. The participants ran on a force-instrumented treadmill at a self-selected speed while foot-segment motion was captured simultaneously with kinetic measurements. After the intervention, there were statistically significant changed in foot biomechanics, such as: IG participants strike the ground with a more inverted calcaneus and a less dorsiflexed midfoot than those in the CG; at midstance, ran with a less plantarflexed and more adducted forefoot and a more abducted hallux; and at push-off, ran with a less dorsiflexed midfoot and a less adducted and more dorsiflexed hallux. The IG runners also had significantly decreased medial longitudinal arch excursion ( p = 0.024) and increased rearfoot inversion ( p = 0.037). The 8-week foot-core exercise program had no effect on impact ( p = 0.129) and breaking forces ( p = 0.934) or on vertical loading rate ( p = 0.537), but it was positively effective in changing foot-ankle kinematic patterns.” |
| Document Type: |
article in journal/newspaper |
| Language: |
unknown |
| DOI: |
10.3389/fbioe.2022.890428 |
| DOI: |
10.3389/fbioe.2022.890428/full |
| Availability: |
https://doi.org/10.3389/fbioe.2022.890428; https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fbioe.2022.890428/full |
| Rights: |
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.CB214C99 |
| Database: |
BASE |