Kinematics of running on 'off-road' terrain

摘要

It has been established that running on natural 'off-road' terrain elicits a higher energy demand than running on road. Running on such terrain may also result in changes to the characteristics of the normal running stride. The aim o this study was to investigate biomechanical alterations to stride characteristics during off- road running Nine female participants were recorded on video while running over three terrain types: surfaced footpath, short grass and long grass.