Reversing the Mismatch With Forefoot Striking to Reduce Running Injuries

• Auteurs principaux: Irene S. Davis (Auteur), Tony Lin-Wei Chen (Auteur), Scott C. Wearing (Auteur)
• Format: Livre
• Publié: Frontiers Media S.A., 2022-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Sujets: article
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Recent studies have suggested that 95% of modern runners land with a rearfoot strike (RFS) pattern. However, we hypothesize that running with an RFS pattern is indicative of an evolutionary mismatch that can lead to musculoskeletal injury. This perspective is predicated on the notion that our ancest...