Gender differences in plantar loading during three soccer-specific tasks

Sims, Ershela L.; Hardaker, William T.; Queen, Robin M.

doi:10.1136/bjsm.2007.042432

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“…Gender differences in plantar loading has been reported in previous studies and may indicate that men are at increased risk for injury due to the increase in plantar loading during athletic tasks [8,9]. Additionally, male athletes exhibit increased plantar loading on the lateral portion of their forefoot and midfoot during cutting athletic tasks [10]. This additional loading may be associated with the elevated risk of this injury in males.…”

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Plantar loading during jumping while wearing a rigid carbon graphite footplate

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This article appeared in a journal published by Elsevier. The attached copy is furnished to the author for internal non-commercial research and education use, including for instruction at the authors institution and sharing with colleagues.Other uses, including reproduction and distribution, or selling or licensing copies, or posting to personal, institutional or third party websites are prohibited.

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“…These differences in footwear design have been shown to create around 35 % higher forefoot plantar pressures when walking in football boots in comparison to running shoes (Santos et al, 2001). The high plantar pressures seen in football boots are believed to cause an increased risk of metatarsalgia and metatarsal stress fractures (Debiasio et al, 2013;Eils et al, 2004;Queen et al, 2007;Sims et al, 2008;Warden et al, 2007). The incidence rate of metatarsal stress fractures in male professional football was shown to be 0.04 injuries per 1,000 hours (Ekstrand and van Dijk, 2013) -the rate for amateurs is yet unknown.…”

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“…For football boots, the relationships between plantar pressures and athletic drill (Debiasio et al, 2013;Queen et al, 2007;Sims et al, 2008;Wong et al, 2007), sex (Debiasio et al, 2013;Sims et al, 2008), surface type (Ford et al, 2006), and different boot designs (Bentley et al, 2011;Santos et al, 2001) have previously been investigated. However, only one study (Nunns et al, 2015) has been conducted on the relationship between objective measures of plantar pressure and subjective data for football boots.…”

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Can subjective comfort be used as a measure of plantar pressure in football boots?

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Mitchell

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Journal of Sports Sciences

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“…7,8 Side cuts and crosscuts are sport-specific tasks that usually consist of an approach of a few steps, followed by a single-foot plant and then a 458 cut, either away from the plant foot (side cut) or across the plant foot (crosscut). Sex differences in plantar loading have been observed during side cuts, 9 crosscuts, 9 and running, 10 with men demonstrating increased load beneath the lateral column of the foot during each task. Importantly, differences among bladed, firm-ground, hard-ground, and turf cleats alter plantar loading during both side cuts and crosscuts, with the turf cleat demonstrating less loading than the other cleats.…”

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“…[7][8][9][10][11][12] Certain tasks place particularly high stress on specific areas of the foot. For example, performing side cuts, 458 cuts, and jump landings increases the load on the medial forefoot (MFF) and hallux, 7,8 crosscuts increase the load on the lateral forefoot (LFF), 7 and running and accelerating increase the load on the middle forefoot (MidFF).…”

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Changes in Plantar Loading Based on Shoe Type and Sex During a Jump-Landing Task

DeBiasio

Russell

Butler

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Journal of Athletic Training

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Context: Metatarsal stress fractures are common in cleated-sport athletes. Previous authors have shown that plantar loading varies with footwear, sex, and the athletic task.Objective: To examine the effects of shoe type and sex on plantar loading in the medial midfoot (MMF), lateral midfoot (LMF), medial forefoot (MFF), middle forefoot (MidFF), and lateral forefoot (LFF) during a jump-landing task.Design: Crossover study. Setting: Laboratory.Patients or Other Participants: Twenty-seven recreational athletes (14 men, 13 women) with no history of lower extremity injury in the last 6 months and no history of foot or ankle surgery.Main Outcome Measure(s): The athletes completed 7 jumping trials while wearing bladed-cleat, turf-cleat, and running shoes. Maximum force, contact area, contact time, and the force-time integral were analyzed in each foot region. We calculated 2 3 3 analyses of variance (a ¼ .05) to identify shoecondition and sex differences.Results: We found no shoe 3 sex interactions, but the MMF, LMF, MFF, and LFF force-time integrals were greater in men (P , .03). The MMF maximum force was less with the bladed-cleat shoes (P ¼ .02). Total foot and MidFF maximum force was less with the running shoes (P , .01). The MFF and LFF maximum forces were different among all shoe conditions (P , .01). Total foot contact area was less in the bladed-cleat shoes (P ¼ .01). The MMF contact area was greatest in the running shoes (P , .01). The LFF contact area was less in the running shoes (P ¼ .03). The MFF and LFF force-time integrals were greater with the bladed-cleat shoes (P , .01). The MidFF force-time integral was less in the running shoes (P , .01).Conclusions: Independent of shoe, men and women loaded the foot differently during a jump landing. The bladed cleat increased forefoot loading, which may increase the risk for forefoot injury. The type of shoe should be considered when choosing footwear for athletes returning to activity after metatarsal stress fractures.Key Words: athletic injuries, sex differences, lower extremity Key PointsDuring a jump-landing task, the bladed-cleat increased forefoot loading and, potentially, injury risk compared with the turf-cleat and running shoes. For contact time (medial and lateral forefoot) and force-time integral (medial and lateral midfoot, medial and lateral forefoot), men demonstrated greater foot loading than women when performing the jump landing. When an athlete is returning to sport after a metatarsal stress fracture, selection of appropriate footwear is important.

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Gender differences in plantar loading during three soccer-specific tasks

Cited by 45 publications

References 32 publications

Plantar loading during jumping while wearing a rigid carbon graphite footplate

Plantar loading during jumping while wearing a rigid carbon graphite footplate

Can subjective comfort be used as a measure of plantar pressure in football boots?

Changes in Plantar Loading Based on Shoe Type and Sex During a Jump-Landing Task

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