Influences of footstrike patterns and overground conditions on lower extremity kinematics and kinetics during running: Statistical parametric mapping analysis.

ABSTRACT: This study investigated lower extremity biomechanics when running on different surfaces among runners with different footstrike patterns. Thirty rearfoot strikers (RFSs) and non-rearfoot strikers (nRFSs) ran at 3.3 m/s on a specially designed indoor track covered with three surfaces: artificial grass, synthetic rubber, and concrete. A motion capture system with ten cameras combined a force plate was used to collect marker trajectory and ground reaction force (GRF) during the running stance phase. A two-way analysis of variance with statistical parametric mapping was employed to evaluate differences in the biomechanics of the lower extremities between footstrike patterns and among running surfaces. The nRFSs exhibited significantly greater ankle inversion angles and increased inversion and

SUBMITTER: Zhuang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11801536 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature