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SUBMITTER: Hollander K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6193404 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hollander Karsten K de Villiers Johanna Elsabe JE Venter Ranel R Sehner Susanne S Wegscheider Karl K Braumann Klaus-Michael KM Zech Astrid A
International journal of sports medicine 20171116 2
Effects of early and permanent footwear use are not well understood. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of habituation to footwear on foot strike patterns of children and adolescents. Healthy habitually barefoot and shod participants (aged 6-18 years) from South Africa (n=288) and Germany (n=390) performed multiple 20-m jogging and running trials with and without shoes. Each foot strike was captured using a high-speed camera to determine a rearfoot or non-rearfoot strike. The p ...[more]