摘要
Someresearchers,runninginstructors,andcoacheshavesuggestedthatthe'optimal'footstrikepatterntoimproveperformanceandreducerunninginjuriesistolandusingamid-orforefootstrike.Thus,ithasbeenrecommendedthatrunnerswhousearearfootstrikewouldbenefitbychangingtheirfootstrikealthoughthereislittlescientificevidenceforsuggestingsuchachange.Therearfootstrikeisclearlymoreprevalent.Themajorreasonsoftengivenforchangingtoamid-orforefootstrikeare(1)itismoreeconomical;(2)thereisareductionintheimpactpeakandloadingrateoftheverticalcomponentofthegroundreactionforce;and(3)thereisareductionintheriskofarunning-relatedinjuries.Inthispaper,wecritiquethese3suggestionsandprovidealternateexplanationsthatmayprovidecontradictoryevidenceforalteringone'sfootstrikepattern.Wehaveconcluded,basedonexaminingtheresearchliterature,thatchangingtoamid-orforefootstrikedoesnotimproverunningeconomy,doesnoteliminateanimpactatthefoot-groundcontact,anddoesnotreducetheriskofrunning-relatedinjuries.
出版日期
2017年02月12日（中国期刊网平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）
