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Oxygen cost of running barefoot vs. running shod.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  21472628     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
The purpose of this study was to investigate the oxygen cost of running barefoot vs. running shod on the treadmill as well as overground. 10 healthy recreational runners, 5 male and 5 female, whose mean age was 23.8±3.39 volunteered to participate in the study. Subjects participated in 4 experimental conditions: 1) barefoot on treadmill, 2) shod on treadmill, 3) barefoot overground, and 4) shod overground. For each condition, subjects ran for 6 min at 70% vVO (2)max pace while VO (2), heart rate (HR), and rating of perceived exertion (RPE) were assessed. A 2 × 2 (shoe condition x surface) repeated measures ANOVA revealed that running with shoes showed significantly higher VO (2) values on both the treadmill and the overground track (p<0.05). HR and RPE were significantly higher in the shod condition as well (p<0.02 and p<0.01, respectively). For the overground and treadmill conditions, recorded VO (2) while running shod was 5.7% and 2.0% higher than running barefoot. It was concluded that at 70% of vVO (2)max pace, barefoot running is more economical than running shod, both overground and on a treadmill.
Authors:
N J Hanson; K Berg; P Deka; J R Meendering; C Ryan
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article     Date:  2011-04-06
Journal Detail:
Title:  International journal of sports medicine     Volume:  32     ISSN:  1439-3964     ISO Abbreviation:  Int J Sports Med     Publication Date:  2011 Jun 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2011-06-23     Completed Date:  2011-10-24     Revised Date:  2012-04-05    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8008349     Medline TA:  Int J Sports Med     Country:  Germany    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  401-6     Citation Subset:  IM    
Copyright Information:
© Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York.
Affiliation:
Health, Physical Education and Recreation, University of Nebraska at Omaha, United States. njhanson@gmail.com
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adult
Analysis of Variance
Female
Humans
Male
Oxygen Consumption / physiology*
Running / physiology*
Shoes*
Young Adult
Comments/Corrections
Comment In:
Int J Sports Med. 2012 Mar;33(3):249; author reply 250   [PMID:  22377836 ]

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