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Barefoot Running Bibliography

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Barefoot running
Chrysondra Camacho
George Mason University

Lieberman, D. E. (2012). What We Can Learn About Running from Barefoot Running: An Evolutionary Medical Perspective. Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews,40(2)(April 2012), 63-74. doi:10.1097/JES.0b013e31824ab210

In this article, What We Can Learn About Running from Barefoot Running: Evolutionary Medical Perspective, its talking about barefoot running and how people use to run for millions of years’ bare feet. The article has many views about barefoot running which people can general learn about barefoot running, some points of the article talks about the agreement and disagreement, as well as some misconception about barefoot running. …show more content…

Talks about the ways that barefoot running is not a substantiated to prevent running injuries and that it does reduce injuries in a measure rate in runners. But that barefoot running should be assessed on an athlete- specific basis to determine whether barefoot running will be beneficial. The article also goes into the controversy of whether barefoot/ minimalist running promotes healing, increase performance and decreases injury rates. The article talks about the biomechanical and kinematic aspects of barefoot running and the difference in barefoot runner as the article compare it to the shod runners. The article has a discussion section about how kinematic variables in barefoot running is different in strike patterns compare to biomechanical. The article also mention running injuries like joint and muscle overuse, preexisting injuries, improper footwear that are common running injuries. As well as patellofemoral pain syndrome, tibial stress fractures. In the article Barefoot running, Does It Prevent Injuries? talks about the most obvious of potential injuries while running barefoot like stone, glass nails and thorns, puncture injuries predispose for the runner to develop an infection and temperature extremes can cause burns or frostbites but it said that adapting to barefoot running must be done slowly because runners typically ear shoes with very thick midsole will take longer to safely adapt to barefoot running …show more content…

The purpose of the barefoot running study article is to determine whether runners can achieve the propose of favorable kinematic changes and reduction in loading rate after a progressive training program. The article designed a study that hypothesized that not all individuals would experience a decrease in initial loading rate facilitated by increased ankle plantar flexion after a progressive barefoot running program but would further a relationship that exist between changes in initial loading and sagittal ankle

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