Kinematics Analysis of Male Runners via Forefoot and Rearfoot Strike Strategies: A Preliminary Study

Chao-Fu Chen, Hui-Ju Wu, Chao Liu () and Soun-Cheng Wang ()
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Chao-Fu Chen: Physical Education College, Huaibei Normal University, Huaibei 235000, China
Hui-Ju Wu: Physical Education College, Huaibei Normal University, Huaibei 235000, China
Chao Liu: Physical Education College, Huaibei Normal University, Huaibei 235000, China
Soun-Cheng Wang: Department of Athletic Sports, National Chung Cheng University, Minxiong 621301, Taiwan

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 23, 1-10

Abstract: This study aimed to explore the kinematic characteristics of males using various foot landing strategies. The participants were fifteen male students from Physical Education College, Huaibei (non-professional runners, who did not have a fixed running landing strategy mode) (mean height = 178.20 cm; mean weight = 67.60 kg; mean age = 19.40 years). In this experiment, the running model of different foot landing strategies (forefoot strike, FFS and rearfoot strike, RFS) were analyzed using two high-speed cameras captured simultaneously at a sampling rate of 100 Hz. According to the results, the runners with better sports performance have shorter contact time, longer flight time, lower duty factor, larger stride angle, faster V COG, greater A COG, and knee and ankle angles which were crucial kinematics factors to enhance the running. Therefore, this study recommends that coaches or researchers can use photography to analyze novice runners who do not have a fixed landing pattern when running with RFS, the characteristics of running style was closely related to the flight times, and running with FFS was closely related to the stride angle.

Keywords: forefoot strike; rearfoot strike; exercise; kinematics; biomechanics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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