Journal article
Acute adaptability to barefoot running among professional AFL players
Footwear science, Vol.9(sup1), pp.S44-S45
30/06/2017
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Abstract
Match analysis of a typical Australian Football League (AFL) player shows frequent changes in movement direction, intermittent high intensity running, plus a high volume
of low intensity jogging (Coutts, Quinn, Hocking, Castagna, & Rampinini, 2010). Many lower limb injuries in this sport can be traced to running technique and the impact forces
between the foot and the ground (Zadpoor & Nikooyan, 2011). Loading rate (LR) is a variable commonly used to characterize the nature of the impact period. LR control is
thought to be more effective when adopting a forefoot strike (FFS) technique compared to a rearfoot strike (RFS) technique (Lieberman, 2012). For shod athletes who run with an
RFS technique, the LR is predominantly controlled by footwear. Habitual FFS runners have a reduced likelihood of injuries compared to runners that wear conventional running
shoes and RFS (Altman & Davis, 2015). However, this theory is untested when elite athletes from football codes transition from hard to soft turf surfaces and from conventional
running shoes to football boots.
Details
- Title
- Acute adaptability to barefoot running among professional AFL players
- Creators
- Alessandro Garofolini - ISEAL, Victoria UniversitySimon Taylor - ISEAL, Victoria UniversityPatrick Mclaughlin - College of Health & Biomedicine, Victoria UniversityBrett Vaughan - College of Health & Biomedicine, Victoria UniversityEd Wittich - BatLogic Pty Ltd
- Publication Details
- Footwear science, Vol.9(sup1), pp.S44-S45
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- Grant note
- 51505282; 5155011023 / National Natural Science Foundation of China (10.13039/501100001809)
- Identifiers
- 991012958194602368
- Academic Unit
- Faculty of Health; Allied Health and Midwifery
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article