Foot Strike Patterns Differ Between Children and Adolescents Growing up Barefoot vs. Shod
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Foot Strike Patterns Differ Between Children and Adolescents Growing up Barefoot vs. Shod. / Hollander, Karsten; de Villiers, Johanna Elsabe; Venter, Ranel; Sehner, Susanne; Wegscheider, Karl; Braumann, Klaus-Michael; Zech, Astrid.
In: INT J SPORTS MED, Vol. 39, No. 2, 02.2018, p. 97-103.Research output: SCORING: Contribution to journal › SCORING: Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Foot Strike Patterns Differ Between Children and Adolescents Growing up Barefoot vs. Shod
AU - Hollander, Karsten
AU - de Villiers, Johanna Elsabe
AU - Venter, Ranel
AU - Sehner, Susanne
AU - Wegscheider, Karl
AU - Braumann, Klaus-Michael
AU - Zech, Astrid
N1 - © Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York.
PY - 2018/2
Y1 - 2018/2
N2 - 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 probability of a rearfoot strike in both cohorts and each age was analyzed by using a mixed-effects logistic regression adjusted for possible confounders. Habitually barefoot children showed a higher probability of using rearfoot strikes than habitually shod children (p<0.001). The probability was age-dependent and decreased in habitually barefoot children with age (ORbarefoot-jogging=0.82, 95% CI, 0.71 to 0.96, p=0.014; ORbarefoot-running=0.58, 95% CI, 0.50 to 0.67, p<0.001 and ORshod-running=0.68, 95% CI, 0.59 to 0.79, p<0.001). In habitually shod children, the probability increased significantly for shod jogging (OR=1.19, 95% CI, 1.05 to 1.35, p=0.006). To conclude, foot strike patterns of children are influenced by habituation to footwear. Younger habitually barefoot children show higher rates of rearfoot strikes for shod and barefoot running, and it converges in later adolescence.
AB - 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 probability of a rearfoot strike in both cohorts and each age was analyzed by using a mixed-effects logistic regression adjusted for possible confounders. Habitually barefoot children showed a higher probability of using rearfoot strikes than habitually shod children (p<0.001). The probability was age-dependent and decreased in habitually barefoot children with age (ORbarefoot-jogging=0.82, 95% CI, 0.71 to 0.96, p=0.014; ORbarefoot-running=0.58, 95% CI, 0.50 to 0.67, p<0.001 and ORshod-running=0.68, 95% CI, 0.59 to 0.79, p<0.001). In habitually shod children, the probability increased significantly for shod jogging (OR=1.19, 95% CI, 1.05 to 1.35, p=0.006). To conclude, foot strike patterns of children are influenced by habituation to footwear. Younger habitually barefoot children show higher rates of rearfoot strikes for shod and barefoot running, and it converges in later adolescence.
KW - Journal Article
UR - https://www.thieme-connect.de/products/ejournals/pdf/10.1055/s-0043-120344.pdf
U2 - 10.1055/s-0043-120344
DO - 10.1055/s-0043-120344
M3 - SCORING: Journal article
C2 - 29145687
VL - 39
SP - 97
EP - 103
JO - INT J SPORTS MED
JF - INT J SPORTS MED
SN - 0172-4622
IS - 2
ER -