The Search for the Holy Grail in Running Biomechanics: Is There an Ideal Movement Profile for Minimizing Mechanical Overload?

ABSTRACT:

Background

Running biomechanics can influence injury risk, but whether the combined effect of different biomechanical factors can be identified by individual running profiles remains unclear. Here, we identified distinct biomechanical profiles among healthy runners, examined lower limb mechanical load characteristics, and evaluated potential implications for injury risk.

Hypothesis

Multiple factors would serve as a common denominator allowing identification of specific patterns.

Study design

Cross-sectional.

Level of evidence

Level 2.

Methods

Step cadence, stance time, vertical oscillation, duty factor, vertical stiffness, peak ground reaction force (GRF), and anteroposterior, lateral, and vertical smoothness were determined from 3-dimensional kinematic

SUBMITTER: Leporace G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12095228 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan-Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature