Running Mechanics and Variability with Aging.

Authors

Julia Freedman Silvernail, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow
KATHERINE BoyerFollow
ERIC Rohr
GERT PETER BrüggemannFollow
JOSEPH HamillFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

10-1-2015

Publication Title

Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise

Volume

47

Issue

10

First page number:

2175

Last page number:

2180

Abstract

Introduction: As the elderly population in the United States continues to grow, issues related to maintenance of health become increasingly important. Physical activity has positive benefits for healthy aging. Running, a popular form of exercise, is associated with the risk of developing injury, especially in older runners. Initial differences between older and younger runners have been observed, but these were observed without consideration of other differences between groups, such as running mileage. Purpose: This study aims to compare running mechanics and lower-extremity coordination variability in matched groups of healthy younger and healthy older runners.

Keywords

COORDINATION; GAIT MECHANICS; INJURY RISK; OLDER RUNNERS

Repository Citation

Silvernail, J. F., Boyer, K., Rohr, E., Brüggemann, G. P., Hamill, J. (2015). Running Mechanics and Variability with Aging.. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 47(10), 2175-2180.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1249/MSS.0000000000000633