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APPLIED SPORT SCIENCES

Analysis of running stability during 5000 m runningFootnote*

Tim HoenigDepartment of Sports and Exercise Medicine, Institute of Human Movement Science, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, GermanyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Daniel HamacherInstitute of Sport Science, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena, GermanyORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-2296-4316
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Klaus-Michael BraumannDepartment of Sports and Exercise Medicine, Institute of Human Movement Science, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
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Astrid ZechInstitute of Sport Science, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena, Germany
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Karsten HollanderDepartment of Sports and Exercise Medicine, Institute of Human Movement Science, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany;Department of Sports and Rehabilitation Medicine, BG Trauma Hospital of Hamburg, Hamburg, GermanyORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-5682-9665
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Pages 413-421 | Published online: 26 Sep 2018
 
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Abstract

In the analysis of human walking, the assessment of local dynamic stability (LDS) has been widely used to determine gait stability. To extend the concepts of LDS to the analysis of running biomechanics, this study aimed to compare LDS during exhaustive running between competitive and recreational runners. Fifteen recreational and fifteen competitive runners performed an exhaustive 5000 m run. Inertial measurement units at foot, pelvis, and thorax were used to determine local dynamic running stability as quantified by the largest Lyapunov exponent. In addition, we measured running velocity, lactate levels, perceived exertion, and foot strike patterns. LDS at the start, mid, and end of a 5000 m run was compared between the two groups by a two-way repeated-measures analysis of variance (ANOVA). Local dynamic stability increased during the run (thorax, pelvis) in both recreational and competitive runners (PThorax = 0.006; PPelvis = 0.001). During the whole run, competitive runners showed a significantly higher LDS (P = 0.029) compared to recreational runners at the foot kinematics. In conclusion, exhaustive running can lead to improvements in LDS, indicating a higher local dynamic stability of the running technique with increasing exhaustion. Furthermore, LDS of the foot differs between the two groups at all measurement points. The results of this study show the value of determining LDS in athletes as it can give a better understanding into the biomechanics of running.

Acknowledgments

We would like to thank all athletes for their participation in this study. Special thanks also go to Dr. Sarah Wiesner (Meteorological Institute, University of Hamburg) and Akio Hansen (Klimabotschafter e.V.) for providing weather data.

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

Notes

* The research was conducted at the Department of Sports and Exercise Medicine, University of Hamburg.

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