Open AccessBiomechanical analysis of marathon shoes applied to NESTFIT technology
Author(s) -
Park SeungBum,
Lee KyungDeuk,
Kim DaeWoong,
Yoo JungHyeon,
Kim KyungHun,
Kim JinHoon
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of foot and ankle research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.763
H-Index - 39
ISSN - 1757-1146
DOI - 10.1186/1757-1146-7-s1-a122
Subject(s) - medicine , treadmill , physical therapy , foot pressure , foot (prosody) , physical medicine and rehabilitation , pressure sensor , engineering , mechanical engineering , linguistics , philosophy
The purpose of this study was to analyze foot pressure distribution of marathon shoes to which NESTFIT Technology was applied. As for marathon, shoes play a vital role in shortening records. However, they also might become a main factor of injury during longdistance running. This study will examine foot pressure distribution effects of marathon shoes during longdistance running, which have been developed by measuring Korean shoe lasts. The methods of this study can be explained as below. Firstly, ten healthy males were picked as subjects to participate in this study. 10 healthy male subjects with an average age of 22.3 years (SD=0.5), weight of 71.5 kg (SD=6.0) and height of 173.1 cm (SD=4.3) were recruited for this study. Secondly, the one equipment used for the study consist of af oot pressure device from Pedar-X, Germany and a treadmill from Pulse fitness, UK. Thirdly, the testing procedures involve each subject to test three different shoes by having running trials on a treadmill at a constant speed of 12.0km/hour. The pressure distribution data (contact area, maximum force, maximum peak pressure, maximum mean pressure)