The effect of footwear on mechanical behaviour of the human ankle plantar-flexors in forefoot runners.

<h4>Purpose</h4>To compare the ankle plantar-flexor muscle-tendon mechanical behaviour during barefoot and shod forefoot running.<h4>Methods</h4>Thirteen highly trained forefoot runners performed five overground steady-state running trials (4.5 ± 0.5 m.s-1) while barefoot and...

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Main Authors: Jason Bonacci, Wayne Spratford, Claire Kenneally-Dabrowski, Danielle Trowell, Adrian Lai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2022-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0274806