Running Shoes—Possible Correlations of Biomechanical and Material Tests †
Department of Life Science Engineering, University of Applied Sciences Technikum Wien, Vienna 1200, Austria
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Presented at the 13th Conference of the International Sports Engineering Association, Online, 22–26 June 2020.
Proceedings 2020, 49(1), 25; https://doi.org/10.3390/proceedings2020049025
Published: 15 June 2020
(This article belongs to the Proceedings of The 13th Conference of the International Sports Engineering Association)
Today’s development of running shoes is often supported by the assessment of biomechanical tests (BIOs) as well as material tests (MATs). In order to possibly reduce the number of relevant tests, the aim of this study was to find out whether there are correlations between the selected BIO and MATs. Therefore, four different running shoes were tested. For the BIO, the ground reaction force and tibial acceleration of 19 experienced runners were measured. The evaluated parameters were first peak, time to first peak, impulse during the first 75 ms of stance, maximum vertical ground reaction force, loading rate, mean peak acceleration and median power frequency. The MATs included compression tests and an impact test with and without insoles at the forefoot as well as the heel area. The results show that carrying out MATs (especially impact tests) without insoles give the most insight into the parameters analysed with the BIO.
Keywords:
running shoes; biomechanical test; material test; compression test; impact test
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Eckelt, M.; Mally, F. Running Shoes—Possible Correlations of Biomechanical and Material Tests. Proceedings 2020, 49, 25. https://doi.org/10.3390/proceedings2020049025
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Eckelt M, Mally F. Running Shoes—Possible Correlations of Biomechanical and Material Tests. Proceedings. 2020; 49(1):25. https://doi.org/10.3390/proceedings2020049025
Chicago/Turabian StyleEckelt, Markus, and Franziska Mally. 2020. "Running Shoes—Possible Correlations of Biomechanical and Material Tests" Proceedings 49, no. 1: 25. https://doi.org/10.3390/proceedings2020049025
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