Acute physiological, biomechanical, and perceptual responses of runners wearing downward-curved carbon fiber insoles

• Main Authors: Florian A. Engel (Author), Frank Zehnter (Author), Tomer Yona (Author), Patrick Mai (Author), Steffen Willwacher (Author), Peter Düking (Author), Billy Sperlich (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2024-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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In a randomized controlled cross-over study ten male runners (26.7 ± 4.9 years; recent 5-km time: 18:37 ± 1:07 min:s) performed an incremental treadmill test (ITT) and a 3-km time trial (3-km TT) on a treadmill while wearing either carbon fiber insoles with downwards curvature or insoles made of but...