Variation in foot strike patterns during running among habitually barefoot populations.

Endurance running may have a long evolutionary history in the hominin clade but it was not until very recently that humans ran wearing shoes. Research on modern habitually unshod runners has suggested that they utilize a different biomechanical strategy than runners who wear shoes, namely that baref...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Kevin G Hatala, Heather L Dingwall, Roshna E Wunderlich, Brian G Richmond
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3541372?pdf=render