Research Article
Effects of Surface Inclination on the Vertical Loading Rates and Landing Pattern during the First Attempt of Barefoot Running in Habitual Shod Runners
Table 3
VALR and VILR for participants who exhibited a lower/higher HS ratio in barefoot running than in shod running under each inclination condition.
| | | Lower HS ratio in BF than in shod running | Higher HS ratio in BF than in shod running | | | Level | Inclined | Declined | Mean | Level | Inclined | Declined | Mean |
| | 11 | 14 | 14 | | 6 | 2 | 3 | |
| | VALR (BW/s/m) | | | | | | | | | | Barefoot | 206.78 (70.21) | 184.43 (63.99) | 196.98 (101.48) | 195.24 (79.40) | 157.50 (70.10) | 106.59 (50.98) | 186.89 (66.81) | 156.26 (66.22) | | Shod | 178.51 (85.78) | 154.66 (65.71) | 221.90 (88.59) | 185.53 (83.38) | 158.84 (67.17) | 88.24 (55.48) | 202.83 (77.22) | 158.00 (73.03) |
| | VILR (BW/s/m) | | | | | | | | | | Barefoot | 231.55 (68.36) | 211.35 (60.49) | 244.30 (101.31) | 228.88 (78.71) | 194.75 (52.53) | 145.55 (17.37) | 240.36 (52.28) | 198.24 (55.24) | | Shod | 193.49 (91.09) | 167.41 (68.80) | 242.07 (93.66) | 201.57 (88.64) | 172.13 (69.72) | 102.84 (48.96) | 222.90 (75.30) | 173.38 (74.40) |
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Data are presented as mean (standard deviation).
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