The effects of running shoe stack height on running style and stability during level running at different running speeds.

The footwear market contains a wide variety of running shoe solutions aiming at optimizing performance and minimizing injuries. Stack height is one of the most highly discussed design features of running shoes, but its effects are not yet well understood. This study investigated the effects of different shoes differing mainly in their stack heights (High: 50 mm, Medium: 35 mm and Low: 27 mm) on running style and stability during treadmill running at 10 and 15 km/h.

The effects of different shoe stack heights and running speeds on full-body running coordination: An uncontrolled manifold analysis.

Stack height is a highly discussed key design feature of running shoes but its effects are not well understood. This study analyzed how shoe stack height and running speed influence full-body running coordination and motor variability structure using an uncontrolled manifold (UCM) analysis. The joint angle variability (i.

Characterizing white matter and vascular pathologies in brain donors exposed to repetitive head impacts.

Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is a progressive brain disease linked to repetitive head impacts (RHI), often incurred from contact sports, and can lead to dementia. Here, we investigated the association between RHI and white matter/vascular neuropathologies and their relative contribution to dementia status in deceased men 50 + years old with and without exposure to RHI from various types of contact and collision sports. Our sample included two RHI groups from the UNITE brain bank: (1) American Football players (RHI-AF, n = 79), and (2) non-AF contact and collision sport athletes (e.

Prevention of concussion and long-term effects of repetitive traumatic brain injury: Unanimous consensus from the Cantu Concussion Summit.

Objective: The Cantu Concussion Summit aimed to gather clinicians and researchers to share findings and identify research gaps in brain injury and long-term cognitive disorders in athletes.

Design: The conference concluded with a discussion of ways to best mitigate the risk of concussion and repetitive traumatic brain injury (RTBI).

Setting And Participants: The summit was supported by an unrestricted educational grant from the National Football League and featured a diverse group of experts from multiple disciplines.