RT Journal Article
T1 Effects of minimalist vs. traditional running shoes on abdominal lumbopelvic muscle activity in women running at different speeds: a randomized cross-over clinical trial
A1 García Arrabé, María
A1 Plaza San Frutos, Marta de la
A1 Bermejo Franco, Alberto
A1 Prado Álvarez, Rebeca del
A1 López Ruiz, Javier
A1 Blanco Muñiz, José Ángel del
A1 Giménez, María José
AB This study aimed to investigate if the characteristics of different running shoes could influence intra-abdominal pressure during running. A single-centre, randomized, prospective cross-over clinical trial was performed measuring activity patterns of internal oblique (IO), lumbar erector (LE), and gluteus maximus (GM) muscles in healthy women when running with minimalist shoes (MS). Participants were randomly allocated into two-sequence (MS/TS or TS/MS) treadmill running at six, nine, and eleven km/h. The surface electromyographic activity of IO, LE, and GM muscles were recorded while running. A repeated measures ANOVA explored the interaction effects of three-muscle x three speeds x two shoes. Significance was set at p ≤ 0.05. Fifty-one healthy nulliparous women (mean age: 26.55 ± 5.11 years; body mass index: 21.29 ± 2.07 Kg/m2) were included. Our findings revealed lower activations of the LE compared to the internal oblique IO and GM, irrespective of running speed and footwear used. Electromyographic activation significantly increased with higher running speeds (p < 0.001) for all muscles, regardless of the type of footwear. Although electromyographic records with MS consistently showed higher values than those with TS, the differences were not statistically significant for all muscles at all speeds. Our results indicate that electromyographic activation patterns vary according to the muscle group, exhibiting higher values with increased running speed. No significant differences were observed between MS and TS.
PB MDPI
YR 2024
FD 2024-01
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/104099
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/104099
LA eng
NO García-Arrabé, M.; de la Plaza San Frutos, M.; Bermejo-Franco, A.; del Prado-Álvarez, R.; López-Ruiz, J.; del-Blanco-Muñiz, J.A.; Giménez, M.-J. Effects of Minimalist vs. Traditional Running Shoes on Abdominal Lumbopelvic Muscle Activity in Women Running at Different Speeds: A Randomized Cross-Over Clinical Trial. Sensors 2024, 24, 310. https://doi.org/10.3390/s24020310
NO 2024 Descuento MDPI
DS Docta Complutense
RD 8 abr 2025