Clinical Application of Gait Retraining in the Injured Runner

Despite its positive influence on physical and mental wellbeing, running is associated with a high incidence of musculoskeletal injury. Potential modifiable risk factors for running-related injury have been identified, including running biomechanics. Gait retraining is used to address these biomecha...

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Published in:Journal of clinical medicine 2022-11, Vol.11 (21), p.6497
Main Authors: Gaudette, Logan W., Bradach, Molly M., de Souza Junior, José Roberto, Heiderscheit, Bryan, Johnson, Caleb D., Posilkin, Joshua, Rauh, Mitchell J., Sara, Lauren K., Wasserman, Lindsay, Hollander, Karsten, Tenforde, Adam S.
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Language:English
Subjects:
Biofeedback
Biomechanics
Clinical medicine
Clinical outcomes
Feedback
Fractures
Gait
Injuries
Kinematics
Pain
Plantar fasciitis
Review
Risk factors
Running
Systematic review
Variables
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Summary:Despite its positive influence on physical and mental wellbeing, running is associated with a high incidence of musculoskeletal injury. Potential modifiable risk factors for running-related injury have been identified, including running biomechanics. Gait retraining is used to address these biomechanical risk factors in injured runners. While recent systematic reviews of biomechanical risk factors for running-related injury and gait retraining have been conducted, there is a lack of information surrounding the translation of gait retraining for injured runners into clinical settings. Gait retraining studies in patients with patellofemoral pain syndrome have shown a decrease in pain and increase in functionality through increasing cadence, decreasing hip adduction, transitioning to a non-rearfoot strike pattern, increasing forward trunk lean, or a combination of some of these techniques. This literature suggests that gait retraining could be applied to the treatment of other injuries in runners, although there is limited evidence to support this specific to other running-related injuries. Components of successful gait retraining to treat injured runners with running-related injuries are presented.
ISSN:2077-0383
2077-0383
DOI:10.3390/jcm11216497