Hot on the heels of the systematic review last week that confirmed the adage that you can’t decrease the load in one tissue without increasing it in another and that different running techniques load different tissues differently , we have another study: A Comparison of Negative Joint Work and Vertical Ground Reaction Force Loading Rates between Chi Runners and Rearfoot Striking Runners Donald Lee Goss & Michael T. Gross J Orthop Sports Phys Ther, Epub 9 September 2013 Study Design Observational
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Decreasing vertical impact loads via increasing ankle loads in Chi Runners