RT Journal Article
T1 Electromyography activity of triceps surae and tibialis anterior muscles related to various sports shoes
A1 Roca Dols, Andrea
A1 Losa Iglesias, Marta Elena
A1 Sánchez Gómez, Rubén
A1 Becerro De Bengoa Vallejo, Ricardo
A1 López López, Daniel
A1 Palomo López, Patricia
A1 Rodríguez Sanz, David
A1 Calvo Lobo, César
AB Triceps surae (TS) and tibialis anterior (TA) activation patterns have not yet been studied under different types of sport shoes. We hypothesized that sports shoes may reduce the activity patterns of these muscles in relation to barefoot condition. Thus, our main aim was to evaluate the activity patterns of TS and TA muscles in healthy people during all gait phases using five types of sport shoes with respect to barefoot condition. A total sample of thirty healthy participants, mean age 36.20 ± 8.50, was recruited in a podiatry laboratory following an observational research design. During walking and running, electromyography signals were recorded from TS and TA muscles using surface electrodes in the following experimental situations: 1.) barefoot, 2.) minimalist, 3.) pronated control, 4.) air chamber, 5.) ethyl-vinyl-acetate and 6.) boost. The TS and TA showed significant reductions (P < 0.05) in the peak amplitude of different sport shoes types with respect to the barefoot condition in different phases of the gait cycle during walking and running. Nevertheless, the boost sport shoe produced statistically significant increases in the peak amplitude of the gastrocnemius medialis muscle in comparison with the barefoot condition in the midstance phase of the gait cycle during running (P = 0.047). In addition, the pronation control and air chamber sport shoes produced statistically significant increases in the peak amplitude of the TA muscle with respect to the barefoot condition in the contact phase of the gait cycle (P = 0.021; P = 0.013), respectively, during running. Despite TS and TA muscles activity patterns seem to be reduced using different sport shoes types with respect to the barefoot condition in different phases of the gait cycle during walking and running, some sport shoes may increase this muscular activity in specific phases of the gait cycle during running.
PB Elsevier
SN 1751-6161
YR 2018
FD 2018-10
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/96237
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/96237
LA eng
DS Docta Complutense
RD 8 abr 2025