Footwear energy return is intuitively ‘good’, but should not be considered in isolation

Abstract

 

Keywords:

• Footwear
• running
• joint work
• energy return
• biomechanics
• athletic footwear

Acknowledgements

The authors would like to thank the editor and reviewers for taking the time and effort necessary to review the manuscript.

Disclosure statement

Benno Nigg is the founder and Chief Science Officer of Biomechanigg Sport & Health Research Inc. (BSHR). BSHR is a biomechanics consulting company, where past and present research projects have been funded by many different sporting goods companies, such as Adidas AG, Salomon Group, On AG, Li-Ning Company Ltd., Mizuno Corporation, and Brooks Sports Inc.

The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.