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Table 1 Overview of possible biomechanical risk factor assessment in biomechanics laboratory based on [8, 43]

From: A machine learning approach to identify risk factors for running-related injuries: study protocol for a prospective longitudinal cohort trial

 

Treadmill

Overground

Kinematics

Sagittal ankle angle at footstrike

 

Sagittal knee angle at footstrike

 

Peak ankle dorsiflexion angle

 

Foot strike pattern

 

Peak hip adduction angle

 

Peak ankle eversion velocity

 

Peak ankle eversion angle

 

Peak knee flexion angle

 

Kinetics

Vertical plantar peak force (underneath metatarsals II and V)

Vertical ground reaction force peak

Absolute force–time integral

Vertical impact loading rates

Anterior–posterior displacement of the center of force

Vertical average loading rates

Velocity of anterior–posterior displacement

Internal knee abduction moment impulse

Lateral/medial directed force distribution

Peak external knee adduction

 

Vertical impact peak

Temporo-spatial

Cadence

Ground contact time

Step length

Asymmetry in ground contact time