Adherence to a minimalist/barefoot running program

NewsBot · Jul 13, 2016

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ADHERENCE TO SIX MONTHS OF INSTRUCTED MINIMALIST AND BAREFOOT RUNNING TRAINING
Ana Paula da Silva Azevedo et al
Revista Brasileira de Medicina do Esporte May./June 2016

Introduction:
The interest in minimalist and barefoot running is growing continuously. However, there is no data on how many runners drop out during this process.

Objective:
To describe the adhesion and dropout rates of a six-month instructed training program based on barefoot and minimalist footwear running.

Methods:
Thirty-four recreational runners participated in the study: 20 runners started the race training barefoot, while 14 runners were involved in training with minimalist footwear. Adhesion to intervention programs was evaluated through training spreadsheets and recording attendance at training sessions, while dropouts were evaluated at the end of training. A questionnaire was sent to participants who dropped out of the training, to obtain information related on why they had abandoned it.

Results:
Considering all participants (n=34), 41.2% of the runners completed six months with reduced plantar protection; 70% of all dropouts occurred in barefoot training; the main reasons for leaving the training were injury/pain (40%) and lack of time/suitable place for training (40%); and the majority of dropouts (50%) occurred in the first month of training. Barefoot training (n=20) showed 70% dropouts, 57.1% of them due to lack of time/suitable place for training; and 71.4% of the dropouts occurred in the first month of the intervention. The training with minimalist footwear (n=14) had fewer dropouts (42.9%) than the barefoot training, all of them due to injury/pain; 50% of them occurred in the third month of intervention.

Conclusion:
Dropouts usually occur at the beginning of training. Training involving barefoot running has more dropouts than training with minimalist footwear. Intervention programs lasting six months based on minimalist footwear/barefoot seems to have similar adhesion to other supervised exercise programs. The main reasons for dropping out are injury/pain and lack of time/suitable place to run.
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Craig Payne · Jul 13, 2016

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The interest in minimalist and barefoot running is growing continuously
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Wonder where that got that from?
In reality:
1. Interest in barefoot running has now fallen to the level it was prior to the publication of 'Born to Run'
2. Sales of minimalist running shoes at the run speciality level have fallen to the level, where they 'barely even register' in the sales figures any more (they were languishing around 2-3% for a yr or so after a peak of 10-11% a few yrs ago; they now dropped even further)

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