The Isolated Effect of Midsole Compliance on Running Economy and Biomechanics in Highly Trained Runners
Greater midsole compliance improves running economy. Altering midsole compliance primarily affects knee mechanics and average positive knee joint power. While future research should explore muscle fascicle dynamics to directly determine the muscle-level effect, our results suggest that shoe compliance improves running economy by lowering knee extensor muscle metabolic demand.
Authors
- Wannes Swinnen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5426-5325)
- Benedicte Vanwanseele (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6158-9483)
- Nicholas Tam (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0794-0041)
- Ben Lane
- Davide Petrella (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-1269-1342)
Institutions
- Tellabs (Canada) (CA)
- Ghent University Hospital (BE)
- Ghent University (BE)
- In-Q-Tel (US)
- GEO Partner (Switzerland) (CH)
- Petrell (Norway) (NO)
- KU Leuven (BE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise
- Published
- 2025-10-13
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1249/mss.0000000000003864
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Lower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.67