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Does anybody know if there is some evidence in the relationship between running shoes and prevention of lower extremity injuries? I would like to know if running shoes reduce the risk of lower extremity injury in runners.

I've been searching in similar databases for the last weeks but I can't find anything.

Thanks for helping!

 

There is no evidence wither way (given all the rhetoric and propaganda and pontifications, you would kinda think there would be).

There is only this: Running Shoes do not contribute to injury risk

 

Thanks!

 

Following on, is there any evidence on the relationship between running shoes and the resolution of lower extremity injuries in runners e.g neutral shoe wearers with achilles tendinopathy that resolves through changing to a stability shoe?

 

Nope. This is not research which has been done. Very difficult (if not impossible) to design.

 

and just because the research has not been done does not mean it does not right or wrong. Evangelists from the Church bizarrely interpret the lack of evidence as meaning that its not right ... don't figure how they can reach that conclusion..... obviously its suits there agenda to reach that conclusion.

 

lol ... no sooner do I type the above and the latest Running Insight (trademag for specialty running shoe stores) arrives in my inbox......

We discussed this in a couple of other threads - I noted that if you go back through the last 12 or so months of Runners World magazine, you see NO claims in the advertisements by the 'traditional' running shoe manufacturers about injury prevention and treatment (which is correct as there is no evidence to support or refute that), but they do make claims about the biomechanical effects of their shoes (which has evidence to support that those changes do happen). The only claims made in the advertisements in Runners World about injury prevention and lower injuries were coming from the minimalist running shoe manufacturers (which is risky as there is NO evidence to support that).

Now we see Vibram and Adidas being sued over the injury/health claims made for their minimalist shoes (not to mention the Skechers and Reebok settlements with the FTC!). There was no evidence to back the injury prevention/reduction claims that they made and the claimed health benefits did not eventuate to the purchaser (that is what the class action is alleging). In the most recent issue of Running Insight, I notice that one of the minimalist companies that prominently featured that if you run in their shoes you get less injuries ... well ... they have quietly dropped that from there advertisement!

 

Many thanks Craig. I also checked out Running Insight and Footwear Insight which are useful, so thanks for mentioning. Are there any other such online trade mags?