The annual injury risk for regular runners is up to 80%. It is largely related to how runner’s foot hits the ground. Emerging evidence suggests that heel or forefoot strike may result in injuries such as stress fractures or Achilles tendinitis.<\/p>\n
According to biomechanical analysis, midfoot strike is an optimal pattern, but it is difficult for runners to attain on their own. This invention provides real-time information about footstrike patterns over the whole running bout and real-time feedback through a specially designed smartphone app. Runners may make use of the information to modify their gait mechanics for injury prevention and rehabilitation.<\/p>\n
Special features and advantages<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022 Low cost when compared to motion capturing device ( 1\/10000) or pressure sensors ( less than 1\/1000)<\/p>\n \u2022 Real-time information and feedback for users to adjust their footstrike pattern accordingly<\/p>\n Applications<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022 Rehabilitation — Recovering runners are able to realize their footstrike pattern and avoid overloading of particular body structures e.g. runners with repaired Achilles tendon should avoid forefoot strike.<\/p>\n Article source: https:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2017\/05\/170529142411.htm<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The annual injury risk for regular runners is up to 80%. It is largely related to how runner’s foot hits the ground. Emerging evidence suggests that heel or forefoot strike <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[30],"class_list":["post-5852","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-latest-update","tag-it-news-update"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t