Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: 10.3390/ijerph20156449
Title: Increased Barefoot Stride Variability Might Be Predictor Rather than Risk Factor for Overuse Injury in the Military
Authors: Ņesteroviča-Petrikova, Darja
Vaivads, Normunds
Stepens, Ainārs
Military Medicine Research and Study Centre
Keywords: Musculoskeletal injuries;Military personnel;Gait analysis;Stride variability;Infantry boot;infantry boot;stride variability;gait analysis;military personnel;musculoskeletal injuries;3.5 Other medical sciences;1.1. Scientific article indexed in Web of Science and/or Scopus database;Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health;Pollution;Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
Issue Date: 26-Jul-2023
Citation: Ņesteroviča-Petrikova , D , Vaivads , N & Stepens , A 2023 , ' Increased Barefoot Stride Variability Might Be Predictor Rather than Risk Factor for Overuse Injury in the Military ' , International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health , vol. 20 , no. 15 , 6449 . https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20156449
Abstract: Footwear usage could be a promising focus in reducing musculoskeletal injury risk in lower extremities commonly observed among the military. The goal of this research was to find potential gait-related risk factors for lower leg overuse injuries. Cases (n = 32) were active-duty infantry soldiers who had suffered an overuse injury in the previous six months of service before enrolling in the study. The control group (n = 32) included infantry soldiers of the same age and gender who did not have a history of lower leg overuse injury. In the gait laboratory, individuals were asked to walk on a 5-m walkway. Rearfoot eversion, ankle plantar/dorsiflexion and stride parameters were evaluated for barefoot and shod conditions. Barefoot walking was associated with higher stride time variability among cases. According to the conditional regression analysis, stride time variability greater than 1.95% (AUC = 0.77, 95% CI (0.648 to 0.883), p < 0.001) during barefoot gait could predict lower leg overuse injury. Increased barefoot gait variability should be considered as a possible predictive factor for lower leg overuse injury in the military, and gait with military boots masked stride-related differences between soldiers with and without lower leg overuse injury.
Description: Funding Information: This research was financially supported by a Rīga Stradiņš University doctoral research grant. Publisher Copyright: © 2023 by the authors.
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph20156449
ISSN: 1660-4601
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