{"id":327,"date":"2016-08-01T13:32:30","date_gmt":"2016-08-01T10:32:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smartyschool.stylemixthemes.com\/\/?p=327"},"modified":"2016-08-01T13:32:30","modified_gmt":"2016-08-01T10:32:30","slug":"students-take-crash-course-in-japanese-sword-fighting-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.baltupiuprogimnazija.vilnius.lm.lt\/?p=327","title":{"rendered":"Students take crash course in Japanese sword fighting"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1473172590468{margin-bottom: 27px !important;}”]A new study led by Professor of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Jane Eckhart found that a group of runners who had never been hurt landed each footfall more softly than a group who had been injured badly enough to seek medical attention.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1473172543824{margin-bottom: 30px !important;}”]As evidence has mounted that distance running is not just a natural human activity enjoyed by millions, but one that played a key role in evolution, a puzzle has emerged. Why, if humans are so well adapted to running long distances, do runners get hurt so often?<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1473172634050{margin-bottom: 40px !important;}”]A study out of Smart School and the National Running Center at Smart-affiliated Templeton Rehabilitation Hospital provides a puzzle piece, linking injury to the pounding runners\u2019 bones take with each step. The work, led by Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Jane Eckhart, found that a group of runners who had never been hurt landed each footfall more softly than a group who had been injured badly enough to seek medical attention.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner css=”.vc_custom_1473173012608{margin-bottom: 14px !important;}”][vc_column_inner width=”2\/12″][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”8\/12″][stm_mg_audio][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2\/12″][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1473172693280{margin-bottom: 40px !important;}”]Statistics on such injuries vary, but somewhere between 30 percent and 75 percent of runners are hurt annually, a number that has led researchers to investigate a wide array of possible explanations, from modern running shoes to stretching, running frequency, weight, biomechanical misalignment, and muscle imbalance.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”5\/12″][stm_blockquote cite=”Francesca Stoppard<\/strong> The Darvin B. Xander Associate Curator of Prints”]One never injured multi-marathoner\u2019s stride was so smooth, she ran like an insect over water. Weight was not a factor, with heavy runners among the light-footed and lighter runners among the stompers.<\/em><\/span>[\/stm_blockquote][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”7\/12″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1473172969666{margin-top: -10px !important;margin-bottom: 30px !important;}”]With most runners being heel-strikers today, the added shock, multiplied over thousands of footsteps, could explain high injury rates. The 2012 study added fuel to the debate, finding a two-to-one difference in repetitive stress injuries between heel- and forefoot-strikers.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1473172807857{margin-bottom: 40px !important;}”]Jane Eckhart\u2019s research focused on heel-strikers exclusively, since they make up most of today\u2019s runners, and examined a cohort seldom studied, partly because they\u2019re pretty rare: those who have never been injured. Jane and colleagues recruited 249 female recreational athletes who each ran at least 20 miles a week. They investigated the participants\u2019 strides by having them run over a force plate that recorded the impact of each step.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1473173112409{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]The runners agreed to respond to a monthly online questionnaire that detailed injuries over two years. With the results in, researchers first examined reports from the 144 who experienced a mild injury and the 105 who didn\u2019t, finding little difference between the two large groups.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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