Background Running has been critical to human survival. Therefore, the high rate of injuries experienced by modern day runners is puzzling. Landing on the heel, as most modern day shod runners do, ...

Finally, both vertical average and instantaneous load rates were higher in injured runners than in healthy runners consistent with prior literature. "Based on our team's study, unfortunately a ...

The impact response of composite materials was of only minor interest prior to the introduction of carbon fiber in the mid-1960s. Before that time, the composites in use were primarily reinforced with ...