Gender Differences in Plantar Loading During an Unanticipated Side Cut on FieldTurf

Abstract

The results of this study indicate that plantar loading is different between genders; therefore, altering cleated footwear to be gender specific may result in more optimal foot loading patterns. Optimizing cleated shoe design could decrease the risk for metatarsal stress fractures.

Diaphyseal cross‐sectional geometry of the metatarsal bones in the Jomon population

“…However, several factors other than mechanical loading may cause sex‐related differences. Many studies reported that there were differences in the morphology of the foot based on sex, including arch rigidity (Zifchock, Davis, Hilstrom, & Song, ), intersegmental motion (Lee, Seo, Kim, Kim, Lee, & Choi, ; Takabayashi et al, ), origin of the muscles (Edama et al, ), foot shape (Lee, Kouchi, Mochimaru, & Wang, ; Tomassoni, Traini, & Amenta, ; Seghazadeh, Kitano, & Okura, 2015; Smith, ; Wunderlich & Cavanagh, ), and the plantar loading pattern (Chiu, Wu, & Chang, ; Putti, Arnold, & Abboud, ,b; Queen, Vap, Moorman, Carrett, & Butler, ; Sims, Hardaker, & Queen, ). Furthermore, sexual hormones affect the sex‐based differences in bone robustness (Haapasalo, Sievanen, Kannus, Heinonen, & Oja, 1996; Järvinen et al, ; Kannus et al, ).…”