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Stress Fractures and the ‘Landing Error Scoring System’

Large prospective studies in military populations are a rich source of good data and information. The only problem with these types of studies are if the nature of the population is applicable and comparable to other populations that you might want to apply the results to. For my purposes here, are those in “the military” the same as “runners”. Continue reading

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Risk factors for stress fractures in adolescent runners

Stress fractures are a relatively common problem in runners, and I would speculate they have become more common recently. A new study attempted to identify the risk factors for stress fractures in adolescent runners: Identifying Sex-Specific Risk Factors for Stress Fractures in Adolescent Runners Tenforde, Adam S.; Sayres, Lauren C.; Liz McCurdy, Mary; Sainani, Kristin L.; Fredericson, Michael Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise: 11 April 2013 Purpose: Adolescent females and males participating in running represent a population at high risk of stress fracture. Few investigators have evaluated risk factors for prospective stress fracture in this population Continue reading

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Barefoot Running

There has been a lot of attention being paid to barefoot running as of late. Most of the comments in the media on barefoot running tend to treat it as a curiosity and give the impressions that there is a huge interest in barefoot running when is reality 99.9% of runners do not do Related posts: Privacy Policy Men’s Running Shoes – Best Price And Quality Online Continue reading

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